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Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK agriculture sector is significantly outperforming the UK average for payment practices, suggesting a degree of financial stability or at least prioritisation of supplier relationships;...

Reports21 January 2026

Northern Ireland Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The year-on-year decline of 0.1 points, while statistically insignificant, suggests a stagnation in payment performance among Northern Irish businesses. A reduction in the sample size between 2024...

Reports21 January 2026

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK air travel sector significantly outperforms the national average when it comes to payment practices, achieving a PaymentCheck Score of 67.0, a notable 17 points above the UK's overall score of...

Reports15 January 2026

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2025

The Care Services sector's average payment score of 78.1 significantly outperforms the UK average of 50.0, suggesting a generally healthy payment culture. However, the massive spread between the best...

Reports14 January 2026

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2025

While the Commerce Models sector appears healthier than the UK average, the vast chasm between the best and worst payers – Slater Menswear's score is over 21 times higher than Jimmy Choo's – suggests...

Reports12 January 2026

London Payment Practices Report 2025

London firms are, on average, far better payers than their UK counterparts, indicating a stronger payment culture. However, the existence of companies scoring zero alongside others scoring perfectly...

Reports5 January 2026

Wales Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot comparing payment performance in Wales across the two years, based on available data:

Reports31 December 2025

Waterways Travel Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The Waterways Travel sector saw a notable decrease in payment performance, suggesting potential challenges in financial management or economic pressures within the industry. The 5.5-point drop is...

Reports29 December 2025

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2025

Northern Ireland demonstrates considerably better payment behavior compared to the rest of the UK, with an average PaymentCheck score significantly exceeding the national benchmark. However, the...

Reports29 December 2025

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in Transportation Infrastructure:

Reports28 December 2025

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2025

The Waterways Travel sector's average PaymentCheck score of 64.0 is certainly healthier than the UK average of 50.0, suggesting generally better payment practices within this specific area of the...

Reports27 December 2025

Travel And Transportation Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the sector demonstrates a minor improvement in payment performance, the 0.7-point increase signifies a relatively stable payment culture, particularly given the smaller sample size in 2025...

Reports27 December 2025

Scotland Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The small decline of 0.3 points suggests a relatively stable payment environment in Scotland, though the drop, even slight, bears watching. While fewer companies were surveyed in 2025, the reduction...

Reports26 December 2025

Train Travel Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While there is a demonstrable improvement in payment practices, the 4.8-point increase across the board from 2024 to 2025 is relatively small. This suggests a slow but positive shift, but also...

Reports26 December 2025

Safety And Security Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a direct comparison of payment practices in the Safety and Security sector, comparing 2024 and 2025 based on a scoring system out of 100:

Reports25 December 2025

Wales Payment Practices Report 2025

While Welsh companies, on average, significantly outperform the rest of the UK in payment practices, the disparity between the best and worst payers is alarmingly wide, with some firms lagging far...

Reports25 December 2025

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2025

The Travel and Transportation sector is showing impressive payment discipline, massively exceeding the UK average. However, the wide gap between the best and worst performers suggests significant...

Reports24 December 2025

North East Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the number of companies assessed decreased by 13 between 2024 and 2025, the overall payment performance in the North East witnessed a marginal decline of 0.5 points. This indicates a very...

Reports24 December 2025

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2025

While the average PaymentCheck Score of 67.3/100 for the UK train travel sector in 2025 is notably better than the UK average of 50.0/100, there’s a wide performance gap. This suggests operational...

Reports23 December 2025

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2025

Scottish companies, on average, are significantly better at paying their suppliers than their UK counterparts, exceeding the UK average by nearly 19 points. That said, a wide gulf exists between the...

Reports22 December 2025

Telecommunications Payment Practices Report 2025

Based on limited data, the UK telecommunications sector in 2025 appears to be significantly better than the national average regarding payment practices. But a single company provides the data.

Reports22 December 2025

Sports Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

A decline of 2.2 points suggests a marginal weakening in payment practices within the sports industry. While the decrease is relatively small, it's still worth noting that fewer companies were...

Reports21 December 2025

Software Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The observed decline of 1.3 points suggests a marginal deterioration in software companies' payment conduct over the past year, although the sample sizes vary between years. While not drastic, this...

Reports21 December 2025

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2025

Frankly, this is an extremely thin dataset. We're analysing one company: VolkerServices Limited, and it’s outperforming national and sector averages by a country mile. It's difficult to draw broad...

Reports20 December 2025

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2025

While the supply chain sector's average PaymentCheck score of 58.9/100 is better than the UK average of 50.0/100, there's significant disparity, with some companies performing admirably and others...

Reports19 December 2025

Supply Chain Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a direct comparison of supply chain payment performance based on our analysis of 40 companies in 2024 and 37 in 2025:

Reports19 December 2025

Property Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While there's a slight improvement of 0.3 points in the average payment performance score for the property sector, the movement is negligible, suggesting payment practices have remained largely...

Reports18 December 2025

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's how payment practices in the Property-related Goods and Services sector compare between 2024 and 2025:

Reports18 December 2025

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2025

The Safety & Security sector's average payment performance significantly outstrips the UK average, suggesting a commitment to timely payments within this industry. However, the range between the best...

Reports17 December 2025

North West Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While there has been a drop in the number of companies assessed, the average payment score only fell marginally, by 0.2 points. A change this small indicates a reasonable amount of consistency in...

Reports16 December 2025

Wales Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the reduction in sample size from 96 to 90 may influence the comparability, the overall trend indicates a modest enhancement in payment behaviours across the studied businesses; however, with...

Reports16 December 2025

North East Payment Practices Report 2025

The North East is significantly outperforming the rest of the UK in payment practices. While a single software company skews the sector averages, it's notable that the best payers include diverse...

Reports16 December 2025

Road Travel Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While fewer companies were included in the 2025 data set, the overall change in payment performance is small; the 0.3-point decline suggests a general trend of stability rather than a significant...

Reports15 December 2025

Sports Payment Practices Report 2025

While the UK sports sector's average PaymentCheck score significantly surpasses the national average, the disparity between the best and worst payers indicates operational inefficiencies or differing...

Reports15 December 2025

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a side-by-side look at payment practices in the raw materials and intermediate goods sector:

Reports14 December 2025

Software Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK software sector, on average, pays its invoices significantly faster than the rest of the UK economy. But dig deeper and you'll find some companies are dragging the average down dramatically.

Reports14 December 2025

Physical Health Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The 4.3-point decline in payment performance suggests a marginal deterioration in payment practices within the physical health sector. While not drastic, this slip warrants attention, particularly...

Reports13 December 2025

Primary Care Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a direct comparison of primary care payment practices based on our analysis:

Reports12 December 2025

Professional Services Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a breakdown of payment practices in professional services:

Reports12 December 2025

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2025

The raw materials and intermediate goods sector is, on average, doing slightly better than the rest of the UK when it comes to prompt payment, but the difference isn't exactly earth-shattering. A...

Reports11 December 2025

Waterways Travel Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 1.1 point increase signifies a very slight positive shift in payment behaviour within Waterways Travel, although its real-world impact may be negligible for individual suppliers. While any...

Reports11 December 2025

Property Payment Practices Report 2025

While the UK property sector beats the national average for payment practices, a closer look reveals some glaring inequalities. London and Northern Ireland show strong scores, but the small sample...

Reports11 December 2025

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The decrease of 0.8 points suggests a marginal weakening in payment performance across the region. While the drop is relatively small, it warrants monitoring to see if it signals a larger trend....

Reports10 December 2025

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the sample size is limited, the 15.1-point increase suggests a noteworthy shift towards quicker, more reliable payments within the mental health and psychology sector, although a larger dataset...

Reports9 December 2025

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2025

The sector's average PaymentCheck score of 59.7 is nearly 10 points better than the UK average, suggesting a generally healthier payment culture than other industries. However, a range from 97.1 to...

Reports9 December 2025

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2025

The Road Travel sector's average PaymentCheck score of 66.5 is significantly above the UK average, suggesting a generally healthy payment culture. However, the vast disparity between the top and...

Reports8 December 2025

North West Payment Practices Report 2025

While the North West is ahead of the national average, a wide performance gap exists with some companies achieving perfect scores and others struggling significantly, suggesting a lack of...

Reports8 December 2025

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The data indicates a very slight improvement in payment practices within the Lifestyle and Entertainment sector. While the average score increased by one point, from 70.2 to 71.2, this modest shift...

Reports7 December 2025

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2025

Yorkshire & Humber businesses, on average, demonstrate significantly better payment practices than the rest of the UK, a positive sign for regional suppliers. However, the substantial gap between the...

Reports7 December 2025

Marketing And Sales Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The 2.8-point decline suggests a slight deterioration in payment practices within the marketing and sales industry. Although the change isn't drastic, it could reflect increased financial pressures...

Reports6 December 2025

Manufacturing Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a side-by-side look at payment practices in the manufacturing sector, comparing 2024 and 2025, based on our dataset:

Reports6 December 2025

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2024

A deep dive into payment practices in Northern Ireland for 2024 reveals a surprisingly strong performance compared to the UK average, but with significant disparities between companies and sectors....

Reports5 December 2025

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2025

While the Primary Care sector generally pays better than the UK average, the spread of scores reveals considerable inconsistency. Notably, Oasis Dental Care appears twice in the top three, suggesting...

Reports5 December 2025

Media And Publishing Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The sector has seen a negligible improvement in payment conduct year-over-year. The data suggests a very small shift, but the difference of 1.1 points is unlikely to indicate significant change in...

Reports5 December 2025

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2025

While the average PaymentCheck score for the sector is a respectable 75.5/100, a substantial 25.5 points above the UK average, the difference between the best and worst performers is massive,...

Reports4 December 2025

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2025

While the Professional Services sector performs significantly better than the UK average, the wide range of scores, from 12.7 to 100, suggests a highly uneven playing field. The regional data further...

Reports3 December 2025

East Midlands Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The stability in the average payment score, despite a decrease in the number of companies assessed, suggests consistent payment behaviors within the East Midlands region. The fact that the score...

Reports2 December 2025

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2025

The mental health and psychology sector appears to be a haven for timely payments, scoring a whopping 33.3 points above the UK average. However, with data limited to just three companies, it's...

Reports1 December 2025

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2025

Manufacturing's average PaymentCheck score of 53.1 is marginally above the UK average of 50, but let's be honest, it's hardly setting the world alight. The spread between the best and worst payers is...

Reports30 November 2025

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot of payment practices across Life Sciences and Medical Technology sectors:

Reports29 November 2025

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2025

The East Midlands shows a considerably stronger payment culture than the UK average, but a wide range exists in how individual companies perform; some are excellent, others are dire. It's noteworthy...

Reports29 November 2025

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2025

While the Marketing & Sales sector outperforms the UK average by a healthy 21.5 points, a closer look reveals a significant disparity between the best and worst payers, with a staggering 72.7-point...

Reports28 November 2025

Human Resources Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a data-driven look at HR payment practices in 2024 and 2025:

Reports28 November 2025

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in the Healthcare & Wellbeing sector comparing 2024 and 2025:

Reports27 November 2025

West Midlands Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a side-by-side view of payment performance in the West Midlands:

Reports26 November 2025

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK's Media and Publishing sector significantly outperforms the national average for payment practices, suggesting generally healthy cash flow and a commitment to timely supplier payments....

Reports26 November 2025

Information Technology Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The 0.8-point reduction in the average score indicates a marginal weakening of payment discipline in the IT sector. Although seemingly small, this could signal increasing pressures on IT companies'...

Reports25 November 2025

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK's Lifestyle & Entertainment sector is clearly performing well above the national average when it comes to paying suppliers, with a score of 71.2 out of 100, exceeding the UK average by a...

Reports25 November 2025

East of England Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the East of England:

Reports24 November 2025

Wales Payment Practices Report 2024

The average PaymentCheck score for Welsh companies substantially exceeds the UK average, suggesting a stronger payment culture in Wales. However, the considerable gap between the best and worst...

Reports23 November 2025

Food And Drink Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The data shows a near standstill in payment performance within the Food & Drink sector between 2024 and 2025; the marginal 0.2 point drop suggests that payment practices remained largely unchanged....

Reports23 November 2025

Fashion Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While not drastic, the 2.4-point decline suggests a slight weakening in payment performance across the fashion sector, with late payment calculator becoming a more relevant tool. Whether this signals...

Reports22 November 2025

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2024

The Waterways Travel sector’s average PaymentCheck score of 69.5 significantly outpaces the UK average of 50, suggesting a relatively healthier payment culture. However, this seemingly positive...

Reports22 November 2025

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2025

The Life Sciences & MedTech sector demonstrates a significantly better payment performance than the UK average, although there's a wide disparity between the best and worst payers that any supplier...

Reports21 November 2025

Scotland Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the number of companies assessed decreased slightly between 2023 and 2024, the average payment performance score experienced a modest increase. A 2.3-point improvement suggests a marginal,...

Reports21 November 2025

Financial Services Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the decline of 0.6 points in average payment performance score might appear insignificant at first glance, it represents a subtle shift across the financial services sector when considering a...

Reports21 November 2025

Hardware Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The decrease of 1.1 points suggests a marginal decline in payment performance within the hardware sector year-over-year. While not dramatic, the drop indicates a potential weakening of payment...

Reports19 November 2025

Waterways Travel Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's how payment practices stack up in Waterways Travel across the years:

Reports19 November 2025

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a direct comparison of payment performance within the Travel and Transportation sector:

Reports18 November 2025

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2025

The Healthcare & Wellbeing sector demonstrates demonstrably better payment performance than the UK average, with a PaymentCheck score of 62.6 compared to the UK's 50. However, a massive gulf exists...

Reports18 November 2025

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2025

The West Midlands boasts a notably higher average PaymentCheck Score than the UK average, suggesting a generally healthier payment culture, but the large gap between the best and worst payers...

Reports17 November 2025

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The data indicates a notable improvement in payment practices within the transportation infrastructure sector between 2020 and 2025; a 10.4 point increase, according to the available data, represents...

Reports17 November 2025

Train Travel Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The 14.1-point increase suggests a tangible, if not seismic, improvement in how these train travel companies manage their payment processes. While a near 15-point jump is significant, there is still...

Reports16 November 2025

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2025

The IT sector's average payment score is substantially better than the UK norm, suggesting better payment practices overall. However, the significant gulf between the top and bottom performers...

Reports16 November 2025

Sports Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a look at the payment performance data of companies in the sports sector:

Reports15 November 2025

Supply Chain Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there is a measured improvement in supply chain payment practices, the 4.7-point gain from 2020 to 2025 suggests the pace of progress is slow. The reduced sample size in 2025, alongside the...

Reports15 November 2025

Software Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the data reveals an upward trend, the 5.7-point increase between 2020 and 2025 indicates only a slight improvement in overall payment performance within the software sector. This potentially...

Reports14 November 2025

Safety And Security Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The sector has demonstrated a small, positive shift in payment behaviors over five years, despite having fewer companies in the sample. The overall increase of 3.9 points suggests incremental...

Reports14 November 2025

Professional Services Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a look at payment practice data for the professional services sector:

Reports13 November 2025

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2025

The HR sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, suggesting a strong commitment to timely payments, which is somewhat ironic given their business (helping others get...

Reports13 November 2025

Physical Health Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The physical health sector shows only a modest improvement in payment practices between 2020 and 2025. While the average score increased, the 4.8-point gain suggests that significant challenges in...

Reports12 November 2025

Primary Care Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a look at the state of payment practices in Primary Care, comparing 2020 and 2025:

Reports12 November 2025

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While a positive shift, the 4.6-point increase suggests only a marginal improvement in payment practices within this specific segment of the transportation infrastructure sector. Further data from a...

Reports12 November 2025

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of the payment practices in the Mental Health and Psychology sector, comparing 2020 and 2025 across a sample of three companies:

Reports11 November 2025

Media And Publishing Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the sector demonstrates an overall improvement, the increase of 3.8 points signals only marginal progress in payment behaviour. Despite a slight narrowing of the scope (39 to 36 companies), the...

Reports11 November 2025

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the average score has improved, the increase of 3.3 points suggests only marginal progress in payment practices within the marketing and sales sector over the five-year period. This small shift...

Reports10 November 2025

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK fashion sector shows higher than average payment performance, but a closer look reveals significant disparities.

Reports9 November 2025

Train Travel Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the sample size increased in 2024, the overall trend indicates a slight deterioration in payment performance within the train travel sector. Although a 5-point decline isn’t drastic, it...

Reports9 November 2025

Manufacturing Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there is an improvement of 3.9 points, this data suggests only a marginal positive shift in payment behaviours within the manufacturing industry, which may not be statistically significant...

Reports9 November 2025

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The considerable increase in the average payment performance score suggests a notable improvement in payment practices within the sector, although the reduction in sample size from 2020 to 2025...

Reports8 November 2025

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While an improvement is evident, the 4.1-point increase between 2020 and 2025 suggests a slow pace of change in payment behaviors within the Life Sciences and Medical Technology sectors; the decrease...

Reports8 November 2025

Travel And Transportation Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The modest decrease of 0.3 points suggests a slight weakening in payment practices within the Travel & Transportation sector between 2023 and 2024, although the overall scores remain relatively...

Reports8 November 2025

Human Resources Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there is demonstrable improvement, the 4-point gain over five years suggests evolution rather than revolution in HR payment conduct. Factors driving this incremental shift could include...

Reports7 November 2025

Information Technology Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The data indicates a slight positive shift in payment behaviors within the IT sector. However, a 4.9-point increase over five years suggests the evolution in payment discipline is gradual rather than...

Reports7 November 2025

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK hardware sector's average PaymentCheck score of 71.0 is significantly higher than the UK average of 50.0, suggesting generally better payment practices in this area. However, there's a huge...

Reports6 November 2025

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The marginal 2.7-point decrease in average score suggests a slight degradation in payment practices within the Healthcare & Wellbeing sector between 2020 and 2025, though the smaller sample size in...

Reports6 November 2025

East of England Payment Practices Report 2025

East of England businesses, on average, are significantly better payers than the rest of the UK, with a nearly 20 point advantage. However, the data also reveals a considerable spread in payment...

Reports5 November 2025

Energy Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the number of companies assessed decreased, the average payment performance score also experienced a slight reduction. The 0.8-point decrease suggests a minor sector-wide slippage in adherence...

Reports4 November 2025

Events And Venues Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While representing a positive shift, the 1.7 point increase between 2024 and 2025 suggests only marginal improvements in payment practices within the Events and Venues sector; the smaller number of...

Reports3 November 2025

South West Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the overall trend is positive, the 0.8-point increase suggests only a marginal improvement in payment practices year-over-year. This small shift may reflect ongoing, region-specific economic...

Reports3 November 2025

Education Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a side-by-side view of payment performance in the education sector:

Reports2 November 2025

Environment Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here’s a snapshot comparison of environmental sector payment performance:

Reports2 November 2025

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2025

The Food and Drink sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 50.7 is only marginally better than the overall UK average of 50, suggesting suppliers might not experience notably faster payments compared...

Reports1 November 2025

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2025

The financial services sector is a clear outlier, exceeding the UK average PaymentCheck score by a significant margin. While the headline figure is positive, the wide disparity between the best and...

Reports31 October 2025

Road Travel Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The data reveals a minor, almost negligible, advance in payment practices within the road travel sector over five years, with the average score increasing by just 3 points. While any improvement is...

Reports30 October 2025

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods sector:

Reports30 October 2025

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there's a recorded improvement of 6.6 points, this only shows a small positive shift in payment behaviours across the sector, even when calculated with a late payment calculator. The number of...

Reports29 October 2025

Property Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the property sector:

Reports29 October 2025

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2025

The Events & Venues sector significantly outperforms the UK average for payment practices, with an average score of 71.4, a notable 21.4 points higher than the national benchmark. While the best...

Reports28 October 2025

South West Payment Practices Report 2025

The South West shows a demonstrably better payment culture than the rest of the UK, according to this analysis, though it's not clear why. However, a wide range between the best and worst payers...

Reports28 October 2025

Digital Entertainment Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The shift from 2024 to 2025 indicates a marginal improvement in payment behaviours within the digital entertainment sector, although the decrease in companies assessed suggests potential...

Reports27 October 2025

Data Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a side-by-side comparison of payment performance data from 2024 and 2025:

Reports27 October 2025

Distribution And Delivery Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The distribution and delivery sector witnessed a negligible shift in payment practices between 2024 and 2025, with the average score dropping by a mere 0.2 points.

Reports26 October 2025

Energy Payment Practices Report 2025

The energy sector's average PaymentCheck score of 78.4 is significantly higher than the UK average of 50, suggesting generally healthier payment practices compared to other industries. However, the...

Reports25 October 2025

Hardware Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there is a positive shift in the average score, the 3.1 point improvement over five years indicates only a slight change in payment practices. The hardware sector's commitment to timely...

Reports24 October 2025

Northern Ireland Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance across 59 companies in Northern Ireland, comparing 2020 and 2025:

Reports24 October 2025

Environment Payment Practices Report 2025

The Environment sector's payment performance is clearly better than the UK average, suggesting a degree of financial stability or a stronger commitment to prompt payment among its constituents....

Reports23 October 2025

Wales Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

A look at payment practices in Wales, comparing 2020 and 2025:

Reports23 October 2025

Financial Services Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's how payment practices in the Financial Services sector stacked up in 2020 versus 2025:

Reports22 October 2025

Food And Drink Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the sector has shown some improvement in payment practices, the 4-point increase over five years indicates only a slight shift and suggests underlying issues persist. Companies may want to...

Reports22 October 2025

Scotland Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of Scottish payment practices in 2020 compared to 2025, based on an analysis of company payment scores:

Reports21 October 2025

Education Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK education sector is, on average, paying its suppliers significantly faster than the rest of the UK economy. While this sector clearly leads the way, the significant gulf between the best and...

Reports20 October 2025

Fashion Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The fashion industry has witnessed a marginal improvement in payment practices over five years. While an increase is positive, the 4.3-point rise suggests progress is slow and that substantial...

Reports20 October 2025

North East Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The data indicates a modest positive shift in payment behaviors within the North East business community. While the improvement of 3.8 points is statistically significant, it's important to recognize...

Reports19 October 2025

Supply Chain Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 2.2-point decrease in the average payment performance score suggests a marginal weakening in payment practices within the supply chain. While not a precipitous decline, the data indicates that...

Reports19 October 2025

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK train travel sector's average payment score of 62.5/100 beats the national average of 50, a significant disparity exists, with some companies lagging far behind. The difference between...

Reports19 October 2025

Events And Venues Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The rise from 58.2 to 71.4 suggests a positive trend in payment discipline, potentially spurred by external pressures like rising inflation and supply chain challenges highlighting the importance of...

Reports19 October 2025

North West Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The data suggests a marginal improvement in payment practices in the North West between 2020 and 2025. Although the average score increased, the small size of the rise, coupled with a fall in the...

Reports18 October 2025

Environment Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While there is a positive shift in the data, the sector’s overall improvement in payment practices is modest, increasing by only 3.6 points across the five-year period. Fewer companies were assessed...

Reports18 October 2025

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the data indicates an improvement in payment practices across Yorkshire and The Humber, the 4.4-point increase over five years represents only a marginal shift. With approximately 17% less...

Reports17 October 2025

Creative Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the observed 1.1-point improvement suggests a marginal enhancement in payment practices within the creative sector, the change is relatively small and may not represent a substantial shift in...

Reports17 October 2025

Software Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the overall trend points to a positive shift, the 1.5-point increase between 2023 and 2024 suggests only a marginal improvement in payment behaviour across the software sector. This limited...

Reports17 October 2025

East Midlands Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The 2.8-point improvement in average payment performance, while positive, represents a relatively small shift over five years. This limited growth suggests that, despite some progress, companies in...

Reports16 October 2025

Energy Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in the energy sector:

Reports16 October 2025

West Midlands Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the West Midlands:

Reports15 October 2025

Education Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the number of companies assessed decreased by 18.6%, from 220 to 179 between 2020 and 2025, the payment performance improved by a slim 3.1 points, although this could reflect more efficient...

Reports15 October 2025

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The sector exhibited a slight overall improvement in payment practices; however, the 1.6 point gain indicates that fundamental challenges in securing timely payments persist. Although the number of...

Reports14 October 2025

East of England Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the East of England:

Reports14 October 2025

South East Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

While the average payment performance score experienced a marginal decline of 0.3 points between 2024 and 2025, this indicates a period of broad stability. However, the significant reduction in the...

Reports13 October 2025

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The 8.1-point increase in the average payment score suggests a gradual improvement in payment behaviour within the digital entertainment industry, potentially driven by increased scrutiny or adoption...

Reports13 October 2025

South East Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The observed improvement of 3.8 points between 2020 and 2025 indicates a slight positive shift in payment behavior within the South East region. While a move in the right direction, the marginal...

Reports12 October 2025

South West Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

A data-driven look at payment practices in the South West region, comparing 2020 with 2025:

Reports12 October 2025

Data Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the data sector, comparing 2020 and 2025:

Reports11 October 2025

North East Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Despite a decrease in the number of companies assessed, the average payment performance in the North East has shown negligible movement year-on-year. This flatlining suggests consistent payment...

Reports11 October 2025

Sports Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While a decrease of 1.3 points isn't drastically significant, it does suggest a minor softening in payment practices within the sports industry year-over-year. The reduced sample size in 2024 makes...

Reports11 October 2025

Creative Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The 9-point increase suggests a slight positive shift in payment behavior within the creative sector. However, with a 2025 average of 72.6, there's still considerable room for improvement in ensuring...

Reports10 October 2025

London Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

Here's a snapshot of payment performance based on surveying 1000 companies:

Reports10 October 2025

Safety And Security Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The marginal increase of 0.8 points suggests a slight improvement in payment practices within the Safety and Security sector, or potentially, an improved score due to different composition of the...

Reports10 October 2025

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2024

While Scotland's average payment performance beats the UK's by a significant margin, the spread between top and bottom payers suggests a considerable variation in financial responsibility across the...

Reports10 October 2025

Commerce Models Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The relatively small increase of 2.9 points over five years indicates that while some advancements have been made, fundamental shifts in payment culture across these commerce models have been...

Reports9 October 2025

Care Services Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the sector has seen an improvement in payment practices, the gain of 6.8 points across five years indicates a slow pace of progress. The reduction in the number of companies included in the...

Reports8 October 2025

Air Travel Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

The 5.8-point increase over five years, while positive, suggests a slow rate of change in air travel payment practices. While not a radical shift, the data does indicate a gradual improvement and...

Reports8 October 2025

Agriculture Payment Practices: 5-Year Analysis (2020-2025)

While the agricultural sector has demonstrably improved its payment behaviours, the 5.2-point increase over five years represents only a marginal shift; a score of 68.8 still leaves considerable...

Reports7 October 2025

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2024

This analysis of payment practices in the UK Transportation Infrastructure sector for 2024, while positive, comes with a significant caveat: it's based on data from just two companies. While those...

Reports6 October 2025

South East Payment Practices Report 2025

The South East's average payment performance significantly outstrips the national average, suggesting a healthier business environment or a stronger focus on prompt payments. However, the presence of...

Reports6 October 2025

Data Payment Practices Report 2025

The UK's data sector significantly outperforms the national average in payment performance, suggesting a strong culture of timely payments or, at least, systems designed to facilitate them. The fact...

Reports5 October 2025

Care Services Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The data indicates a minor positive shift in payment behaviour within the Care Services sector, representing an improvement of 0.9 points. While the increase is positive, the limited magnitude...

Reports5 October 2025

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK Travel and Transportation sector generally outperforms the national average on payment practices, a significant disparity exists between the best and worst payers.

Reports5 October 2025

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2025

While the digital entertainment sector, on average, pays significantly better than the overall UK business environment, the range of scores reveals considerable inconsistency. The dominance of...

Reports4 October 2025

Air Travel Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here’s a direct comparison of payment practice scores in the air travel sector across 2024 and 2025:

Reports3 October 2025

London Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a direct comparison of payment performance based on data from 1,000 London-based companies in each year:

Reports3 October 2025

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2025

The distribution and delivery sector is clearly outperforming the UK average when it comes to payment practices. But while the average PaymentCheck score of 60.7 suggests a healthier payment...

Reports2 October 2025

Creative Payment Practices Report 2025

While the creative sector's average PaymentCheck score of 72.6 is substantially higher than the overall UK average of 50, the wide range between the best and worst payers – a 62.3-point difference –...

Reports2 October 2025

Agriculture Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

The data suggests a marginal positive shift in payment behavior within the agricultural sector, with the average score inching upward by 2.8 points. While representing an improvement, the reduction...

Reports1 October 2025

Commerce Models Payment Trends: 2024 vs 2025

Here's a snapshot of payment practices across commerce models in 2024 and 2025:

Reports1 October 2025

North West Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The year-on-year improvement in payment performance across the North West is marginal, increasing by a mere 0.1 points. While any improvement is nominally positive, this slight shift suggests that...

Reports20 September 2025

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK supply chain sector as a whole edges out the national average with a PaymentCheck score of 58.2/100, the range of scores reveals stark disparities; some companies are exemplary, while...

Reports20 September 2025

Property Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While representing a move in the right direction, the one-point increase suggests a marginal improvement in payment practices within the property sector, rather than a substantial shift. The slight...

Reports19 September 2025

North East Payment Practices Report 2024

While the North East performs demonstrably better than the UK average, a wide range exists – almost 70 points separate the best and worst payers. This suggests that even within a relatively small...

Reports15 September 2025

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a breakdown of payment performance in the Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods sector:

Reports13 September 2025

Software Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK software sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 77.2 significantly outstrips the national average of 50, suggesting a strong commitment to timely payments within the industry. However, the...

Reports13 September 2025

Sports Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK sports sector's average PaymentCheck score significantly outstrips the national average, suggesting a generally healthy payment culture. However, there's a considerable disparity between the...

Reports13 September 2025

Road Travel Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The slight decrease in the average payment score, from 67.2 to 66.8, indicates a marginal deterioration in payment practices within the road travel sector, despite an increase in the number of...

Reports12 September 2025

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While there is a demonstrable movement towards better payment practices, the increase of 2.4 points is relatively small, suggesting gradual rather than radical improvement in the sector. This...

Reports11 September 2025

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2024

The Safety & Security sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 71.3 is substantially higher than the UK average of 50, suggesting a stronger commitment to prompt supplier payments. However, the wide...

Reports7 September 2025

Physical Health Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The near 12-point improvement indicates a notable, if not transformative, shift in how physical health businesses are managing payments. While the sample size is slightly smaller in 2024, the...

Reports24 August 2025

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK's raw materials and intermediate goods sector demonstrates a slightly better-than-average payment performance compared to the overall UK average, but a wide disparity exists between companies.

Reports24 August 2025

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2024

The road travel sector's average payment score significantly outperforms the UK average, suggesting healthier cash flow management overall. However, a nearly 80-point gap between the best and worst...

Reports23 August 2025

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2024

While the property-related goods and services sector outperforms the UK average, the range of payment performance is alarming, with a near 82-point difference between the best and worst payers. This...

Reports18 August 2025

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While there's an improvement of 1.2 points, the change in average payment score year-over-year is marginal, showing a modest increase in payment efficiency within Yorkshire and The Humber despite...

Reports18 August 2025

North West Payment Practices Report 2024

The North West significantly outperforms the UK average on payment practices, showcasing a regional strength. However, the wide range between the highest and lowest scores (100 vs 5) highlights a...

Reports17 August 2025

Property Payment Practices Report 2024

The property sector's average PaymentCheck score of 68.3 is considerably better than the UK average of 50, suggesting a generally healthier payment culture. However, the spread between the best and...

Reports11 August 2025

Professional Services Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the number of surveyed companies remained almost constant, the 2.1-point increase suggests a very slight sector-wide improvement in payment behaviour; however, it is small enough to indicate...

Reports10 August 2025

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a data snapshot comparing payment performance within the mental health and psychology sector across 2023 and 2024:

Reports6 August 2025

Primary Care Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 1.4-point increase in average payment practice scores, while positive, indicates a relatively small advancement in payment efficiency and timeliness. The modest gains could be attributed to...

Reports6 August 2025

Manufacturing Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The data suggests a very marginal improvement in payment performance within the manufacturing sector between 2023 and 2024; the increase of 0.4 points indicates that payment challenges persist, with...

Reports24 July 2025

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2024

Yorkshire and The Humber significantly outstrips the UK average for payment practices, suggesting a generally healthier business environment, but the spread of scores between the best and worst...

Reports24 July 2025

East Midlands Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the sample size of companies increased, the overall performance score saw a fractional decrease. This slight dip suggests a marginal weakening in payment practices across the East Midlands...

Reports23 July 2025

Media And Publishing Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the number of companies assessed increased, the average payment performance across the media and publishing sector only edged up by 0.8 points in 2024, reflecting a very minor positive shift,...

Reports22 July 2025

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While there's been a small uptick in payment performance within the Lifestyle and Entertainment sector, the 2.9-point increase is not a major shift. This indicates a marginal positive trend but...

Reports22 July 2025

Marketing And Sales Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While there has been an improvement in payment practices, the overall movement of 4.5 points is relatively small, indicating that substantial challenges persist in ensuring timely payments across the...

Reports18 July 2025

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2024

While the professional services sector, on average, significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, the massive range between the top and bottom performers reveals a stark disparity....

Reports13 July 2025

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2024

While the Primary Care sector as a whole demonstrates better payment practices than the UK average, the disparity between the best and worst payers is pretty stark, suggesting variable operational...

Reports11 July 2025

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2024

The mental health and psychology sector demonstrates notably better payment practices compared to the UK average, but the extremely small sample size of four companies and the enormous gap between...

Reports7 July 2025

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2024

While the physical health sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, a wide disparity exists between the best and worst payers, as evidenced by a 53.8 point gap between...

Reports6 July 2025

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK manufacturing sector slightly edges out the national average for payment practices, the colossal gulf between the best and worst payers is alarming. A PaymentCheck score of 5/100...

Reports24 June 2025

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2024

The East Midlands outshines the national average in payment practices, suggesting a stronger financial health or a greater focus on supplier relationships within the region. However, the disparity...

Reports24 June 2025

Information Technology Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the Information Technology sector:

Reports23 June 2025

Human Resources Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the change from 80.0 to 80.4 indicates a positive direction, the magnitude of the improvement is relatively small. This suggests that fundamental payment processes within HR departments have...

Reports21 June 2025

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2024

The Lifestyle and Entertainment sector appears to be prioritizing timely payments to suppliers, boasting an average PaymentCheck score substantially higher than the national average, suggesting a...

Reports21 June 2025

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2024

While the Marketing & Sales sector outperforms the UK average for payment practices, the gap between the best and worst payers is substantial. It suggests a bimodal distribution of payment ethics,...

Reports20 June 2025

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The one-point increase suggests a nearly static payment environment in life sciences and medtech; while technically positive, the change is so small that factors such as sample selection are likely...

Reports19 June 2025

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a breakdown of payment practices in the Healthcare and Wellbeing sector based on our assessment:

Reports15 June 2025

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK Media and Publishing sector shows a significantly better average payment performance compared to the UK average, with 72.0 versus 50.0. However, the considerable spread between the best and...

Reports12 June 2025

West Midlands Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the average payment performance score increased slightly, the difference of 0.6 points is arguably insignificant and may not indicate a fundamental shift in payment culture within the West...

Reports9 June 2025

Financial Services Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a look at the core data points comparing financial services payment practices in 2023 and 2024:

Reports23 May 2025

Food And Drink Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the food and drink sector based on analysis of 126 companies in 2023 compared to 119 companies in 2024:

Reports23 May 2025

Hardware Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

A recent analysis of payment practices within the hardware sector reveals a modest, but demonstrable, improvement from 2023 to 2024:

Reports22 May 2025

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2024

The HR sector’s average PaymentCheck score is significantly higher than the UK average, suggesting a commitment to prompt payment within the industry – at least on paper. However, the disparity...

Reports22 May 2025

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2024

While the West Midlands outperforms the UK average, the wide range in scores, from 100 to below 20, indicates significant disparity in payment practices across businesses in the region. The dominance...

Reports19 May 2025

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK Information Technology sector is, on average, significantly better at paying its suppliers than businesses across the board, registering a PaymentCheck score more than 20 points higher than...

Reports18 May 2025

Fashion Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 3-point increase suggests some companies are making incremental improvements, but it's hardly a revolution in payment behaviour. A sample of 29 is reasonably small compared to the whole industry...

Reports16 May 2025

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2024

While the sector's average payment performance is notably better than the UK average, a wide range exists: some organisations are exemplary payers, while others fall considerably short. Boots...

Reports12 May 2025

East of England Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a snapshot of payment performance across 408 companies in the East of England:

Reports10 May 2025

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK's Life Sciences and Medical Technology sector shows an overall payment performance exceeding the national average, a closer look reveals significant disparities. The average...

Reports8 May 2025

Events And Venues Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a snapshot of payment performance across the Events and Venues sector:

Reports22 April 2025

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK hardware sector, on average, pays its suppliers considerably faster than the UK average. However, the wide range between the top and bottom payers, a difference of 62.8 points, indicates...

Reports21 April 2025

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2024

Payment practices in the UK's food and drink sector in 2024 are a mixed bag, showing only a slight improvement over the national average but revealing significant variations between companies.

Reports19 April 2025

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK fashion sector shows a mixed bag when it comes to payment practices in 2024. While the average PaymentCheck score for the analysed companies exceeds the UK average, a significant disparity...

Reports19 April 2025

South West Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the number of companies assessed increased slightly between 2023 and 2024, the overall improvement in payment performance is marginal. The 1.2-point increase suggests a very slow shift towards...

Reports18 April 2025

Environment Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 1.4-point increase indicates a marginal, though positive, shift in payment behaviors within the Environmental sector, based on this sample set. With a slight decrease in the companies studied,...

Reports15 April 2025

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2024

The financial services sector significantly outperforms the UK average for payment practices, boasting an average PaymentCheck score of 85.2 compared to the national score of just 50. But the...

Reports15 April 2025

Energy Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The energy sector's payment practices showed a slight uptick in 2024, with an increase of just 0.5 points compared to the previous year. While the larger sample size in 2024 suggests a more...

Reports12 April 2025

East of England Payment Practices Report 2024

East of England significantly outperforms the UK average in payment scores. However, the wide range between the best and worst payers indicates considerable inconsistency in payment practices across...

Reports8 April 2025

Education Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The marginal 0.3-point improvement suggests that payment practices in the education sector remain largely consistent year-on-year. While there may be localized improvements among some companies, the...

Reports6 April 2025

Creative Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While positive, a 4.4-point increase suggests incremental rather than transformative changes in payment culture within the creative sector. This improvement could indicate greater awareness of...

Reports24 March 2025

Environment Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK's environment sector isn't just talking the talk; it's generally paying its suppliers markedly faster than the national average. While the data suggests a generally healthy sector, the...

Reports21 March 2025

Distribution And Delivery Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The data reveals a minor, almost negligible, improvement in payment practices within the distribution and delivery sector between 2023 and 2024. While any positive movement is welcomed, the 0.9-point...

Reports20 March 2025

Data Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the data sector's average payment practice score has increased, the 2.2-point rise between 2023 and 2024 indicates only marginal progress. Given the small sample size change (from 64 to 66...

Reports20 March 2025

South East Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the South East has shown a slight improvement in payment practices, with the average score increasing by 1.6 points, the region is only negligibly better than it was a year ago. With inflation...

Reports19 March 2025

Energy Payment Practices Report 2024

While the energy sector collectively shows commendable payment practices, the stark contrast between the top and bottom performers suggests significant internal disparities. Also, London and Northern...

Reports18 March 2025

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK Events and Venues sector is performing significantly better than the national average when it comes to payment practices, but the range of scores indicates considerable inconsistency across...

Reports16 March 2025

Education Payment Practices Report 2024

The education sector is a clear leader in prompt payments compared to the broader UK economy, sporting an average PaymentCheck Score that's over 60% higher than the national figure. However, the gap...

Reports13 March 2025

South West Payment Practices Report 2024

While the South West performs significantly better than the UK average, the stark contrast between the best and worst payers reveals considerable inconsistencies. The presence of related companies...

Reports13 March 2025

Digital Entertainment Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the digital entertainment sector shows a positive trend, the 3.5-point increase year-over-year signals only a slight improvement in overall payment practices. A larger sample size in 2024...

Reports6 March 2025

Creative Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK creative sector is, on average, paying its bills better than the national average, but a closer look reveals considerable disparities.

Reports20 February 2025

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2024

While the Digital Entertainment sector generally performs well, with an average PaymentCheck score significantly exceeding the UK norm, the vast range between the best and worst payers is alarming....

Reports18 February 2025

Air Travel Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The 2.5-point increase, while positive, represents a relatively small change, indicating that significant issues regarding on-time payments and efficient financial processes still persist within the...

Reports18 February 2025

London Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While an increase of 1.4 points suggests a slight improvement in adherence to payment terms among London businesses, this marginal shift indicates that significant challenges in timely payments...

Reports16 February 2025

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2024

The Distribution and Delivery sector is demonstrably better than the UK average when it comes to payment practices, scoring almost 11 points higher at 60.9/100. However, the spread of scores reveals...

Reports16 February 2025

Care Services Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

The slight increase of 0.9 points suggests a marginal improvement in payment practices within the care services sector from 2023 to 2024. While the number of companies included in the assessment...

Reports15 February 2025

Agriculture Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While the increase of 1.6 points indicates a positive trend, it reflects only a marginal shift in overall payment behaviour within the agricultural sector. The expansion of the sample size in 2024...

Reports13 February 2025

Data Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK data sector significantly outpaces the national average in payment performance. While it's a good sign, the range of scores - from nearly perfect to well below average - demonstrates...

Reports9 February 2025

South East Payment Practices Report 2024

The sheer size of the gap between the average score and the UK average is the main story. While the South East boasts many excellent payers, the presence of companies with extremely low scores...

Reports9 February 2025

Commerce Models Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

While there is an improvement, the difference of 1.2 points suggests only a marginal shift in overall payment behaviors across the analyzed commerce models. The improvement could be from firms...

Reports5 February 2025

Northern Ireland Payment Trends: 2023 vs 2024

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in Northern Ireland, comparing 2023 and 2024 based on a study of 66 companies each year:

Reports20 January 2025

Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2024

The UK's agricultural sector demonstrates notably better payment practices than the national average, but a significant disparity between top and bottom performers suggests ongoing challenges for...

Reports17 January 2025

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2024

While the UK air travel sector's average PaymentCheck score of 65.5 is significantly better than the UK average of 50, the spread between the best and worst payers is considerable. This suggests...

Reports16 January 2025

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2024

While the average PaymentCheck score for the Commerce Models sector is significantly better than the UK average, the wide disparity between the best and worst payers underscores the uneven nature of...

Reports14 January 2025

London Payment Practices Report 2024

London's average payment performance is substantially better than the national average, suggesting a stronger payment culture within the capital. Even the bottom-performing companies in the London...

Reports10 January 2025

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2024

The Care Services sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment performance, suggesting a greater commitment to timely payments than many other industries. However, the data also reveals...

Reports7 January 2025

Wales Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a side-by-side look at payment practices in Wales:

Reports18 December 2024

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2023

Northern Ireland's average payment performance is significantly stronger than the UK average, suggesting a more disciplined payment culture. However, the considerable difference between the top and...

Reports9 December 2024

Waterways Travel Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a comparison of payment practices in the Waterways Travel sector between 2022 and 2023, based on a survey of 15 companies each year:

Reports6 December 2024

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK Waterways Travel sector outperforms the national average by a significant 18.4 points, the disparity between the best and worst payers is stark, with a 69.13 point gap between BAE...

Reports24 November 2024

Wales Payment Practices Report 2023

While Welsh companies collectively exhibit better payment practices than the UK average, the significant disparity between top and bottom performers suggests a two-tiered system. It's also evident...

Reports23 November 2024

Travel And Transportation Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The 1.1-point increase suggests a marginal positive shift in payment practices within the travel and transportation sector. While the change is statistically present given a larger sample size, its...

Reports23 November 2024

Train Travel Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While there is improvement, the increase of 4.8 points suggests a marginal shift in payment behaviours within the train travel sector. The reduction in the number of companies assessed highlights a...

Reports20 November 2024

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the 2.4-point increase in average score signals a move in the right direction, it is a marginal change and does not necessarily indicate a fundamental shift in payment culture within these...

Reports19 November 2024

Scotland Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a breakdown of Scottish payment performance based on the available data:

Reports18 November 2024

Telecommunications Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the average payment score for the assessed telecommunications company increased in 2023, the 6.3-point improvement suggests only a slight shift in payment practices. This improvement, while...

Reports9 November 2024

Supply Chain Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The 3-point increase, from 57.4 to 60.4, reflects only a small, single-digit improvement in payment performance, potentially indicating that fundamental issues causing payment delays remain...

Reports24 October 2024

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2023

With just two companies analyzed, definitive conclusions are difficult. However, the average PaymentCheck Score of 89.0/100 in the UK Transportation Infrastructure sector is significantly higher than...

Reports17 October 2024

North East Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data indicates a marginal improvement in payment practices within the North East region. While the increase of 2.4 points represents a positive shift, it suggests that significant changes in...

Reports16 October 2024

Sports Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a side-by-side look at the payment performance metrics of 19 sports-related companies:

Reports16 October 2024

Safety And Security Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the increase of 3.2 points represents a positive shift, it suggests only a marginal improvement in overall payment practices within the sector; further investigation would be required to...

Reports16 October 2024

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2023

Scottish companies are, on average, significantly better payers than their UK counterparts, evidenced by a 16.7 point lead in the PaymentCheck Score. However, there's a wide gulf between the best and...

Reports15 October 2024

Software Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the number of companies surveyed decreased by 6.7%, the average payment performance score saw a marginal improvement of 1.4 points. This suggests a slight sector-wide progression in payment...

Reports15 October 2024

Telecommunications Payment Practices Report 2023

While the average PaymentCheck score for the telecom sector is significantly higher than the UK average, the analysis is based on a single company. This severely limits the insights we can draw, as...

Reports7 October 2024

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2023

The Travel & Transportation sector, with an average PaymentCheck score of 73.0, significantly outperforms the UK average of 50.0, suggesting generally healthier payment practices. However, the...

Reports6 October 2024

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2023

The train travel sector clearly outpaces the UK average for payment practices, but a score of 67.5/100 suggests there's still plenty of room for improvement and that some suppliers are still waiting...

Reports5 October 2024

North East Payment Practices Report 2023

While the North East comfortably exceeds the national average, the data exposes a significant chasm between the best and worst payers, demonstrating that a rising tide doesn't necessarily lift all...

Reports23 September 2024

Road Travel Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the road travel industry saw an increase of 26 participants and a slight average score improvement of 0.4 points, this movement represents a marginal shift in overall payment performance. Given...

Reports23 September 2024

Sports Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK sports sector shows significantly better payment performance than the UK average, with a PaymentCheck score nearly 30 points higher. However, the range of scores, from a perfect 100 down to...

Reports22 September 2024

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2023

The Safety and Security sector is significantly outperforming the UK average in payment practices, with a 20.5-point lead, but the gap between the best and worst payers is considerable; G4S's perfect...

Reports20 September 2024

Property Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data reveals a negligible positive shift in payment performance within the property sector. With the average score increasing by only 0.4 points, the sector's overall payment culture remains...

Reports12 September 2024

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK Supply Chain sector, based on this sample, is performing better than the national average when it comes to paying suppliers. However, the gap between the best and worst payers highlights...

Reports11 September 2024

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The analysis reveals a slight downturn in payment performance within the property goods and services sector. With average scores dropping by just 2.2 points out of 100, the decline between 2022 and...

Reports11 September 2024

North West Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the North West of England:

Reports9 September 2024

Software Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK software sector significantly outperforms the national average when it comes to payment practices, scoring 75.7 out of 100 compared to the UK's 50. That said, the wide range between the top...

Reports6 September 2024

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a look at the payment performance scores within the Raw Materials & Intermediate Goods sector, comparing 2022 and 2023:

Reports5 September 2024

Physical Health Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While both years feature identical sample sizes, the marginal decrease of 0.2 points from 2022 to 2023 indicates a near standstill in payment performance within the physical health sector. This...

Reports19 August 2024

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

A new analysis reveals a slight overall improvement in payment practices across Yorkshire and The Humber, with an average score of 64.6 out of 100 in 2023 compared to 63.7 in 2022. This represents a...

Reports19 August 2024

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK road travel sector's payment performance is a cut above the national average. That's significant - suggesting strong financial health and good supplier relationships within the industry,...

Reports18 August 2024

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2023

The property-related goods and services sector's average payment score is demonstrably better than the UK average, but the gulf between the best and worst payers is remarkably wide. While London tops...

Reports16 August 2024

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a look at payment practices in the Mental Health and Psychology sector, comparing 2022 and 2023:

Reports16 August 2024

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2023

While the raw materials and intermediate goods sector edges out the UK average with a PaymentCheck score of 54.8/100, the massive range – from a near-perfect 100 to a dismal 7.4 – shows some...

Reports15 August 2024

Primary Care Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot comparing payment practices in Primary Care across 2022 and 2023:

Reports11 August 2024

Property Payment Practices Report 2023

While the property sector's average payment score of 67.3 is significantly above the UK average of 50, the gulf between the best and worst payers is stark. The fact that multiple companies achieved...

Reports10 August 2024

North West Payment Practices Report 2023

The North West significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, suggesting a stronger payment culture overall. However, the considerable gap between the best and worst payers highlights...

Reports9 August 2024

Professional Services Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the increase of 2.8 points is positive, it represents only a marginal improvement in payment practices across the professional services sector; there are still far too many instances of firms...

Reports7 August 2024

Manufacturing Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While there's a slight positive trend, the 0.6-point increase indicates essentially flat payment performance in the manufacturing sector between 2022 and 2023; this minor shift suggests systemic...

Reports24 July 2024

Marketing And Sales Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot of payment performance across 80 companies in Marketing and Sales for 2022, contrasted with 84 companies in 2023:

Reports23 July 2024

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2023

While the primary care sector generally outperforms the UK average in payment practices, the significant difference between the best and worst payers indicates considerable inconsistencies. The South...

Reports22 July 2024

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data reveals a modest improvement in payment practices within the Lifestyle and Entertainment sector. While the increased sample size to 52 companies provides a slightly more comprehensive view,...

Reports17 July 2024

East Midlands Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The East Midlands witnessed a barely perceptible uptick in payment performance from 2022 to 2023, demonstrating little material change. While more companies were included in the 2023 analysis, the...

Reports14 July 2024

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2023

The Mental Health and Psychology sector seems to prioritize prompt payment, as its average PaymentCheck score dwarfs the overall UK average. However, with only three companies in our sample, drawing...

Reports12 July 2024

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2023

Yorkshire and The Humber businesses demonstrate a considerably stronger payment culture than the UK average, with a 14.6 point difference in PaymentCheck scores. The Financial Services sector appears...

Reports10 July 2024

Media And Publishing Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot comparing payment practices within the Media and Publishing sectors:

Reports10 July 2024

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2023

The Physical Health sector, based on this limited sample, significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices. However, the spread between the best and worst payers – nearly 45 points –...

Reports7 July 2024

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2023

While the professional services sector boasts an average payment score nearly 23 points above the UK average, the data reveals a significant disparity between the top and bottom performers,...

Reports7 July 2024

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2023

The East Midlands displays a considerably higher average payment performance than the rest of the UK, yet the extreme range between the top and bottom payers underscores significant inconsistencies...

Reports24 June 2024

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2023

The Marketing & Sales sector's average payment score of 69.8 is significantly better than the UK average, indicating generally good payment practices. However, the presence of a company scoring 0/100...

Reports23 June 2024

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK Media & Publishing sector shows a significantly better payment performance than the UK average, with a score of 71.2/100 against 50.0/100. However, the considerable difference between the top...

Reports20 June 2024

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the sector did improve its overall payment performance score year-on-year, the increase of 0.9 points is marginal, suggesting underlying issues around payment terms and processes persist. The...

Reports20 June 2024

Human Resources Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The negligible 0.1-point decline in average payment practice scores within the HR sector between 2022 and 2023 suggests a period of relative stability, rather than significant improvement or...

Reports19 June 2024

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Despite an increase in the sample size (9 additional companies reviewed in 2023), payment practices within the Life Sciences and MedTech sectors remained virtually unchanged year-on-year, suggesting...

Reports19 June 2024

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2023

While the Lifestyle & Entertainment sector's average payment performance is clearly better than the national benchmark, the massive spread between the best and worst payers indicates significant...

Reports16 June 2024

Information Technology Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the sector witnessed a positive shift in payment practices, the overall improvement of 2.7 points is marginal. The decrease in the number of companies included in the 2023 analysis (from 64 to...

Reports12 June 2024

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2023

While UK Manufacturing slightly outperforms the national average in payment practices, the narrow 1.7-point lead is frankly unimpressive and indicates room for significant improvement. The enormous...

Reports12 June 2024

West Midlands Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the number of companies analysed saw a minor decrease, the average payment performance score in the West Midlands showed a marginal improvement. A shift of 1.5 points indicates a slight...

Reports11 June 2024

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2023

While the IT sector's average PaymentCheck score of 70.3 significantly outpaces the UK average of 50, a concerning disparity exists between the top and bottom performers. The difference of nearly 88...

Reports21 May 2024

East of England Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a direct comparison of payment practices in the East of England:

Reports21 May 2024

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2023

While the HR sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, a substantial performance gap exists between the best and worst payers. The fact that three companies achieved a...

Reports19 May 2024

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2023

The Healthcare and Wellbeing sector outperforms the UK average for payment practices by a significant 15.5 points, suggesting a generally responsible approach to supplier payments. However, the gap...

Reports16 May 2024

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK Life Sciences and Medical Technology sector shows promise in payment practices, there's still room for improvement. Overall, the sector is paying better than the UK average, but a...

Reports14 May 2024

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2023

While the West Midlands boasts a significantly higher average payment score than the rest of the UK, the vast disparity between top and bottom performers suggests systemic issues are at play. The...

Reports14 May 2024

Hardware Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a side-by-side look at payment performance in the hardware sector:

Reports8 May 2024

Fashion Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the average score increased, the 2.7-point jump indicates only a marginal improvement in payment practices within the fashion industry. The decrease in companies assessed from 36 to 35 could...

Reports8 May 2024

Financial Services Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the number of companies surveyed increased significantly, the overall improvement in payment performance within the financial services sector was marginal, representing a gain of just 1.2...

Reports7 May 2024

Food And Drink Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data reveals a negligible decline of 0.9 points in payment practices within the food and drink sector between 2022 and 2023, suggesting stability rather than a significant deterioration in...

Reports5 May 2024

Education Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a breakdown of payment performance within the Education sector:

Reports24 April 2024

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK hardware sector's average PaymentCheck score of 70.5 significantly outpaces the UK average of 50, suggesting generally healthy payment practices. However, the considerable gap between the best...

Reports19 April 2024

South West Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a side-by-side look at payment practices in the South West:

Reports16 April 2024

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2023

The Food & Drink sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 48.3 puts it below the UK average, suggesting systemic payment issues are dragging down the sector's financial health. A massive chasm...

Reports16 April 2024

Environment Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a look at the payment performance metrics in the Environmental sector for 2022 and 2023, based on our analysis of 120 and 123 companies respectively:

Reports16 April 2024

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK's Financial Services sector significantly outperforms the national average on payment practices, but a stark contrast exists between the best and worst performers, and even some very well...

Reports9 April 2024

Energy Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot comparing payment practices in the energy sector across 2022 and 2023:

Reports9 April 2024

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK fashion sector performs better than the national average for payment practices, a closer look reveals a wide disparity between the best and worst payers.

Reports8 April 2024

Events And Venues Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The analysis shows a slight uptick in payment performance within the Events and Venues sector from 2022 to 2023, however, the 1.3-point increase suggests marginal, and potentially insignificant,...

Reports8 April 2024

East of England Payment Practices Report 2023

While the East of England outperforms the rest of the UK, a significant gap exists between the top and bottom performers, indicating inconsistency in payment practices. The concentration of top...

Reports6 April 2024

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK Events & Venues sector significantly outperforms the national average in payment practices, scoring 67.7 out of 100 compared to the UK average of 50. That's a hefty 35% increase, which is...

Reports22 March 2024

Digital Entertainment Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The digital entertainment sector saw an almost negligible improvement in payment practices between 2022 and 2023. While the survey size dipped, the average scores remained virtually static,...

Reports19 March 2024

Environment Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK environment sector is performing well when it comes to supplier payments, as its average PaymentCheck score of 65.8/100 is substantially higher than the UK average of 50/100. However, there's...

Reports16 March 2024

Data Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data reveals a marginal decline in overall payment performance within the data sector. While the sample size increased by 10%, the average score decreased by 1.3 points, indicating a slight...

Reports14 March 2024

Creative Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The creative sector's payment performance remained essentially unchanged between 2022 and 2023, with a miniscule decrease in the overall score. This suggests that the industry is maintaining, but not...

Reports14 March 2024

South East Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the South East:

Reports14 March 2024

Distribution And Delivery Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a direct comparison of payment practices in the distribution and delivery sector between 2022 and 2023:

Reports11 March 2024

Energy Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK energy sector demonstrates significantly better payment performance than the national average, a wide disparity exists between the best and worst payers.

Reports10 March 2024

Education Payment Practices Report 2023

The education sector's average payment score of 80.9/100 is significantly higher than the UK average of 50.0, indicating that these organisations generally pay suppliers promptly. However, the wide...

Reports8 March 2024

South West Payment Practices Report 2023

The South West's average payment performance is significantly higher than the national average, which suggests a potentially stronger business culture around prompt payments in the region. However, a...

Reports7 March 2024

South East Payment Practices Report 2023

The South East significantly outperforms the UK average, suggesting a stronger payment culture in the region. However, the gap between the best and worst payers is enormous, highlighting...

Reports23 February 2024

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2023

While the Distribution & Delivery sector's average PaymentCheck score of 60.0 is significantly higher than the UK average of 50.0, the range between the best and worst payers is alarmingly wide,...

Reports23 February 2024

Data Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK data sector significantly outperforms the national average for payment practices, suggesting a greater emphasis on timely payments, though some firms are lagging. A vast spread in payment...

Reports21 February 2024

Agriculture Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While the agriculture sector demonstrates a positive trend in payment practices, the 1.6-point increase is a modest change, suggesting gradual, rather than radical, improvements in payment behaviour...

Reports21 February 2024

Care Services Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in the Care Services sector across the past two years:

Reports18 February 2024

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK's digital entertainment companies are, on average, paying their bills significantly faster than the national average, a closer look reveals some stark disparities.

Reports17 February 2024

Air Travel Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The increase of 0.4 points suggests a very slight positive shift in payment practices within the air travel sector, though the impact of 7 fewer companies being assessed in 2023 should be considered....

Reports12 February 2024

Commerce Models Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

The data paints a clear picture of inertia: payment practices within the studied commerce models have essentially remained unchanged between 2022 and 2023, despite macroeconomic shifts. While the...

Reports10 February 2024

Creative Payment Practices Report 2023

While the creative sector as a whole demonstrates better payment performance than the UK average, a closer look reveals significant internal disparities. The spread between the best and worst...

Reports10 February 2024

London Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

While there's an improvement, the 1.1-point increase indicates only a marginal positive shift in London's payment culture. It suggests that initiatives to improve payment speed or terms have had...

Reports10 February 2024

London Payment Practices Report 2023

London companies, on average, significantly outperform the rest of the UK regarding payment practices. However, even the "worst" performing companies in the data set earned a PaymentCheck score in...

Reports22 January 2024

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2023

While the UK Commerce Models sector comfortably outperforms the national average for payment performance, a yawning gap exists between the best and worst payers, suggesting inconsistent payment...

Reports18 January 2024

Northern Ireland Payment Trends: 2022 vs 2023

A direct comparison of payment practices in Northern Ireland between 2022 and 2023 reveals the following:

Reports18 January 2024

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK Care Services sector demonstrates payment performance significantly better than the national average, with a score of 76.3 out of 100. However, a chasm exists between the best and worst...

Reports12 January 2024

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2023

The UK air travel sector is, on average, paying its suppliers considerably faster than the national average. However, a stark contrast exists between the best and worst payers, indicating a...

Reports11 January 2024

Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2023

While the agriculture sector's average payment score is notably higher than the national average, the wide range between the best and worst payers highlights significant inconsistencies. A single...

Reports9 January 2024

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2022

While Northern Ireland as a whole is paying invoices better than the UK average, there's a considerable range in performance, with some firms lagging significantly behind. The small sample size of...

Reports11 December 2023

Wales Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the average payment performance score increased, the change of 2 points is marginal, suggesting a modest improvement in payment practices amongst the surveyed companies in Wales. The reduction...

Reports9 December 2023

Waterways Travel Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The stability in average payment scores suggests a sector that isn't actively improving its payment behaviour, nor demonstrably worsening it. While the sample size decreased slightly, the consistent...

Reports7 December 2023

Scotland Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in Scotland, comparing 2021 and 2022:

Reports23 November 2023

Telecommunications Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The precipitous drop indicates a major shift in payment practices within this specific telecommunications entity. This decline may reflect internal financial strain, altered payment priorities, or...

Reports15 November 2023

Train Travel Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the average payment score improved, the 5.3-point increase represents a relatively small shift in payment performance across the train travel sector. The reduced sample size in 2022 might...

Reports14 November 2023

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2022

The Waterways Travel sector in the UK exhibits a considerably stronger payment performance than the national average, clocking in at 66.5/100 compared to the UK average of 50/100; however, a wide...

Reports14 November 2023

Travel And Transportation Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While there's a measurable improvement, the increase of 4.1 points suggests only a modest shift in payment behaviors within the sector. A deeper dive into the data is needed to identify which aspects...

Reports13 November 2023

Wales Payment Practices Report 2022

While Welsh businesses collectively demonstrate superior payment behaviour compared to the UK overall, the performance is highly uneven, evidenced by the significant gap between the best and worst...

Reports8 November 2023

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data indicates a negligible positive shift in payment behavior within the transportation infrastructure sector from 2021 to 2022; the 0.5 point improvement is likely statistically insignificant...

Reports7 November 2023

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2022

With only two companies analysed, the data paints an incomplete picture of the UK's transportation infrastructure payment health. The sector's average score of 86.6 out of 100 dramatically surpasses...

Reports22 October 2023

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2022

Scotland's average payment performance significantly exceeds the UK average, indicating a potentially healthier business environment for suppliers. However, the substantial gap between the best and...

Reports19 October 2023

Software Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The year-on-year improvement of 0.1 points suggests a near stagnation in payment practices within the software industry. While any movement is notable, this statistically insignificant shift...

Reports19 October 2023

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK's Travel and Transportation sector showed a notable payment performance above the national average in 2022, but a closer look reveals significant disparities.

Reports16 October 2023

Sports Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the average payment score increased by 2.7 points, this improvement could be attributable to the change in the cohort of companies analyzed, rather than a sweeping industry-wide shift. It is...

Reports15 October 2023

Supply Chain Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the 2.7-point increase suggests a positive direction in supply chain payment practices, the change is relatively small. This indicates that significant challenges related to payment efficiency...

Reports14 October 2023

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK train travel sector, on average, pays its suppliers more promptly than businesses in other industries, as demonstrated by a sector PaymentCheck score of 62.8, compared to the UK average of...

Reports13 October 2023

Safety And Security Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a side-by-side comparison of payment performance in the Safety & Security sector:

Reports11 October 2023

North East Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the number of companies surveyed decreased slightly from 136 to 133 between 2021 and 2022, the average payment score experienced a minor uptick of 0.7 points. The data suggests that overall...

Reports6 October 2023

Telecommunications Payment Practices Report 2022

Honestly, not much stands out. The data is severely limited, providing insight into only one company's payment practices. While the average score for that single company is above the national...

Reports6 October 2023

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2022

The Safety & Security sector's average payment performance is considerably stronger than the UK norm, suggesting a degree of financial stability or a prioritisation of supplier relationships....

Reports24 September 2023

North West Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a data snapshot comparing payment performance in the North West between 2021 and 2022:

Reports20 September 2023

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The near-static average score, despite a smaller sample size, suggests consistent challenges in the raw materials and intermediate goods sector regarding payment practices. The decrease of 0.1 point...

Reports20 September 2023

Property Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a side-by-side view of payment performance in the property sector:

Reports19 September 2023

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2022

While the UK supply chain sector shows a marginally better average payment performance than the national average, the extreme disparity between the best and worst payers – a chasm of 88.4 points –...

Reports17 September 2023

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While there's been a rise in the average score, the 1.5-point increase represents only a marginal improvement in payment behaviours across the sector. This suggests that although some progress may...

Reports15 September 2023

Sports Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK sports sector, on average, significantly outperforms the UK average when it comes to payment practices. However, the substantial gap between the top and bottom payers indicates considerable...

Reports15 September 2023

Road Travel Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Despite a decrease in the number of companies assessed, the road travel sector exhibited a marginal positive shift in payment practices, highlighting a potential, but subtle, move toward improved...

Reports11 September 2023

North East Payment Practices Report 2022

A new analysis of 133 companies in the North East of England reveals a surprising trend: they're paying suppliers significantly faster than the rest of the UK.

Reports11 September 2023

Software Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK software sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 74.3 comfortably exceeds the UK average of 50, signalling relatively healthy payment practices. However, the significant spread between the best...

Reports8 September 2023

Primary Care Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a side-by-side look at the payment performance data for primary care companies:

Reports22 August 2023

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the mental health and psychology sector demonstrates a positive direction in payment conduct, the 1.4-point increase signifies a marginal improvement between 2021 and 2022. This suggests there...

Reports22 August 2023

Physical Health Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot comparing payment performance in the physical health sector between 2021 and 2022, based on a cohort of nine companies:

Reports21 August 2023

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2022

While the raw materials and intermediate goods sector slightly outperforms the UK average on payment practices, the spread of scores reveals a significant chasm between the best and worst payers. The...

Reports17 August 2023

Property Payment Practices Report 2022

While the UK property sector's average PaymentCheck score of 66.9 is significantly higher than the national average of 50, the distribution of scores reveals considerable inconsistency; a 16.9 point...

Reports12 August 2023

Professional Services Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data indicates a marginal decline in payment performance within the professional services sector between 2021 and 2022. While the decrease of one point might appear small, it potentially reflects...

Reports9 August 2023

North West Payment Practices Report 2022

The North West significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, yet a wide disparity exists within the region, as evidenced by the bottom payers scoring so low. The Human Resources...

Reports9 August 2023

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2022

The Road Travel sector is a mixed bag, with an average PaymentCheck score well above the UK norm, suggesting many companies are prompt payers. However, the massive range between the best and worst...

Reports8 August 2023

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a side-by-side comparison of payment practices in Yorkshire and The Humber based on our data:

Reports7 August 2023

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2022

While the property-related goods and services sector outperforms the UK average in payment practices with a score of 58.9/100, the wide range between top and bottom performers – a staggering 78.65...

Reports5 August 2023

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2022

Yorkshire and The Humber significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, suggesting a stronger payment culture. However, the wide gulf between the best and worst payers indicates...

Reports24 July 2023

Marketing And Sales Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot of payment performance within the marketing and sales sector across the two years:

Reports24 July 2023

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2022

The physical health sector, based on this limited sample, shows a considerably better payment performance than the UK average, nearly 20 points better. However, there's vast disparity within the...

Reports23 July 2023

East Midlands Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a breakdown of payment performance in the East Midlands:

Reports21 July 2023

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2022

Professional services clearly outpaces the UK average on payment practices, scoring a 70 compared to the national 50; but with a score of 70, there's also significant room for improvement. The...

Reports21 July 2023

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the Lifestyle & Entertainment sector demonstrated a slightly improved payment performance in 2022, the reduction in the number of companies assessed complicates direct year-on-year comparison....

Reports17 July 2023

Manufacturing Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The increase of just 0.8 points indicates that while there may be minor adjustments in payment behaviors, the fundamental challenges regarding payment practices within the manufacturing sector remain...

Reports13 July 2023

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2022

While the UK Primary Care sector surpasses the national average for payment practices, a score of 61 out of 100 suggests there's ample opportunity for improvement, particularly among the...

Reports12 July 2023

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2022

The average payment performance in the UK mental health and psychology sector is significantly better than the national average. However, with only four companies analyzed, the data paints a...

Reports10 July 2023

Media And Publishing Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a year-on-year comparison of payment performance in the Media and Publishing sectors:

Reports9 July 2023

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2022

The Marketing and Sales sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment performance, suggesting a relatively healthy financial environment for suppliers. However, the wide range between...

Reports23 June 2023

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2022

The Lifestyle and Entertainment sector outperforms the UK average for payment practices, scoring a respectable 63.3 out of 100. However, a vast gulf separates the best and worst payers, indicating...

Reports22 June 2023

West Midlands Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a direct comparison of payment performance in the West Midlands based on surveyed data:

Reports17 June 2023

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2022

While the manufacturing sector edges out the overall UK average in payment performance, the minuscule 1.2-point difference is hardly cause for celebration. The chasm between the best and worst payers...

Reports14 June 2023

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2022

The East Midlands boasts a noticeably better payment culture than the UK overall, with an average score considerably above the national benchmark. However, the disparity between the best and worst...

Reports13 June 2023

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot comparing payment practices in the Life Sciences and Medical Technology sectors between 2021 and 2022, based on our analysis:

Reports12 June 2023

Information Technology Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a year-on-year snapshot of payment practices in the Information Technology sector:

Reports12 June 2023

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2022

The Media and Publishing sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average for payment practices, with an average PaymentCheck score of 68.0 against a national benchmark of 50.0. However, a wide spread...

Reports10 June 2023

Human Resources Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the number of surveyed companies increased slightly, the 2.7-point decrease in average payment practice scores suggests a marginal weakening in financial processes within HR departments. This...

Reports9 June 2023

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the Healthcare and Wellbeing sector saw a marginal improvement in payment practices between 2021 and 2022, the increase was minimal, rising from an average score of 63.7 to 64.6 out of 100....

Reports6 June 2023

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2022

While the HR sector's average PaymentCheck score of 80.1 significantly surpasses the UK average of 50, the large gap between the top and bottom performers is frankly alarming. The bottom five payers’...

Reports23 May 2023

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2022

The Healthcare & Wellbeing sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average in payment practices, suggesting a greater commitment to timely supplier payments compared to other sectors. However, the...

Reports21 May 2023

Hardware Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the average payment score improved from 2021 to 2022, the 3-point increase represents a relatively small shift in overall payment behavior within the hardware sector. The slight improvement...

Reports16 May 2023

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2022

While Life Sciences and Medtech companies, on average, paid their suppliers better than the general UK business population in 2022, the spread of payment performance is alarming. The range between...

Reports16 May 2023

Fashion Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot comparing payment performance in the fashion industry across 2021 and 2022:

Reports16 May 2023

Financial Services Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The marginal decrease of 0.5 points suggests a slight deceleration in payment efficiency within the sector between 2021 and 2022. While the change is minimal, it potentially indicates emerging...

Reports15 May 2023

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2022

While the West Midlands' average PaymentCheck score of 61.2/100 handily beats the UK average of 50.0/100, a wide gap persists between the best and worst payers, with scores ranging from a perfect 100...

Reports14 May 2023

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2022

While the UK's IT sector beats the national average on payment practices, a 67.7/100 average score still suggests there's significant room for improvement, considering a perfect score is 100. The...

Reports13 May 2023

Food And Drink Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Food and drink companies showed minimal progress in payment performance between 2021 and 2022, according to our analysis. While the average score increased, the shift was extremely small.

Reports11 May 2023

East of England Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The East of England experienced a slight uptick in payment performance between 2021 and 2022. With only a 2.0 point improvement, the change is small but still shows a trend in the right direction....

Reports9 May 2023

Events And Venues Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the increase of 3.6 points indicates a positive shift in payment practices within the Events & Venues sector, the modest improvement suggests that significant challenges related to timely...

Reports23 April 2023

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK fashion sector shows a slightly better payment performance than the UK average, with a score of 60.7 compared to 50.0. However, the range between the best and worst payers is concerning,...

Reports21 April 2023

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK Food and Drink sector's average PaymentCheck score of 49.2 puts it slightly below the national average, which suggests a minor but widespread issue with payment practices. The gulf between the...

Reports19 April 2023

Environment Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here’s a snapshot comparing payment practices within the environment sector across two years:

Reports16 April 2023

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2022

The hardware sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average in payment practices, achieving a PaymentCheck score over 20 points higher. However, the large spread between the best and worst payers—a...

Reports15 April 2023

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK Financial Services sector appears to be significantly better than average regarding payment practices, boasting a PaymentCheck score 32.5 points higher than the UK average. However, the gulf...

Reports13 April 2023

South West Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The year-on-year change is very small and points to general consistency in payment practices within the South West region. A slight decline could be due to a number of factors, however without...

Reports12 April 2023

East of England Payment Practices Report 2022

The East of England demonstrates a significant lead in payment performance compared to the rest of the UK, boasting an average PaymentCheck Score over 34% higher. However, the considerable gap...

Reports12 April 2023

Education Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the number of assessed companies remained relatively stable year-over-year, the slight decline of 0.6 points suggests a marginal deterioration in payment behavior within the education sector,...

Reports11 April 2023

Energy Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a look at the payment performance data from the energy sector, comparing 2021 and 2022:

Reports6 April 2023

Energy Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK energy sector's average payment performance in 2022, based on this sample of 190 companies, is substantially better than the national average. It's almost 30 points above! Still, even within...

Reports23 March 2023

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2022

The Events & Venues sector in the UK, at least based on this sample of 128 companies, is performing significantly better than the UK average when it comes to paying suppliers on time. However, the...

Reports22 March 2023

Creative Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The creative sector experienced a slight uptick in payment performance, as measured by our scoring system, between 2021 and 2022. With an increase of just 2.3 points on a 100-point scale, this...

Reports18 March 2023

Digital Entertainment Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a side-by-side comparison of payment performance within the digital entertainment sector across 2021 and 2022:

Reports17 March 2023

South East Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in South East England:

Reports17 March 2023

Data Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the data sector across two years:

Reports16 March 2023

Environment Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK environment sector is markedly better than average on payment practices, scoring 64.0 compared to the national 50.0. It's interesting to note the spread, with some companies demonstrating...

Reports14 March 2023

Distribution And Delivery Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data indicates a very slight positive shift in payment performance within the distribution and delivery industry from 2021 to 2022, but the improvement is not statistically significant enough to...

Reports12 March 2023

Education Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK education sector, according to this data, demonstrates significantly better payment practices than the national average. While it's encouraging to see such strong performance, the huge...

Reports8 March 2023

South West Payment Practices Report 2022

The South West’s average payment score of 67.3/100 trounces the UK average by a significant margin, suggesting a stronger payment culture in the region. While the top payers showcase near-perfect...

Reports7 March 2023

Creative Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK creative sector is paying invoices better than the national average, but there’s a massive gulf between the best and worst performers, with a spread of over 77 points. Diesel London Limited's...

Reports24 February 2023

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK Digital Entertainment sector’s average PaymentCheck Score of 72.1 is substantially above the UK average of 50, suggesting generally healthier payment practices than the norm. However, some...

Reports20 February 2023

Air Travel Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The 1.0-point increase in the average payment practices score from 2021 to 2022 indicates only a marginal improvement across the air travel industry; while statistically positive, the change is...

Reports18 February 2023

Agriculture Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

While the sector demonstrated a slight positive movement, the improvement of only 0.4 points is statistically insignificant, suggesting payment behavior remained largely consistent year-on-year. A...

Reports17 February 2023

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2022

The Distribution and Delivery sector is, on average, demonstrably better at paying its suppliers than the UK average, scoring almost 10 points higher. However, the wide range of scores, from a...

Reports13 February 2023

South East Payment Practices Report 2022

While the South East boasts a significantly higher average payment score than the rest of the UK, the gulf between the best and worst payers is stark. The Financial Services sector leads the way, but...

Reports10 February 2023

London Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data indicates a minor deterioration in London's payment culture between 2021 and 2022, though the 1.3-point decline suggests the overall shift is not substantial. While still representing a...

Reports9 February 2023

Commerce Models Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data reveals a negligible improvement in payment practices across the commerce models analyzed. While there's a slight increase in the average score, the 0.3-point change suggests stability...

Reports8 February 2023

Data Payment Practices Report 2022

The UK data sector demonstrates considerably better payment practices than the national average, scoring a PaymentCheck average of 74.3 compared to the UK's 50.0, but a near 65-point gap separates...

Reports8 February 2023

Care Services Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

Here's a data-driven comparison of payment practices in the Care Services sector between 2021 and 2022, based on a study of companies' payment performance:

Reports6 February 2023

London Payment Practices Report 2022

London companies, on average, exhibit considerably healthier payment practices than the rest of the UK, according to our PaymentCheck scores. Despite the strong average, the presence of companies...

Reports23 January 2023

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2022

The Commerce Models sector, at 62.8/100, outperforms the UK average, which is a good sign. However, the significant spread between the top and bottom payers – nearly 80 points – reveals dramatic...

Reports13 January 2023

Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2022

Payment practices within the UK agricultural sector in 2022 present a fairly unremarkable picture, with significant disparities between the best and worst payers. While overall performance beats the...

Reports13 January 2023

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2022

While the UK Air Travel sector performs demonstrably better than the national average when it comes to payment practices, the considerable gap between the best and worst payers reveals significant...

Reports11 January 2023

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2022

The Care Services sector's average payment performance of 75.1/100 significantly outstrips the UK average of 50/100, suggesting a higher-than-usual prioritisation of timely payments within the...

Reports10 January 2023

Northern Ireland Payment Trends: 2021 vs 2022

The data suggests a near-static payment performance in Northern Ireland between 2021 and 2022, the improvement of 0.2 points signals virtually no tangible change. A slightly smaller sample size in...

Reports8 January 2023

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2021

Northern Ireland's significantly higher average PaymentCheck score suggests a stronger payment culture compared to the UK overall; however, the gap between the best and worst performers is wide,...

Reports13 December 2022

Wales Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a year-on-year breakdown of payment practices in Wales:

Reports7 December 2022

Waterways Travel Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a direct comparison of Waterways Travel payment practices across the two years:

Reports6 December 2022

Wales Payment Practices Report 2021

The average PaymentCheck Score for Welsh companies suggests they're generally better at paying on time than the UK average, a difference of almost 26%. However, the significant difference between the...

Reports23 November 2022

Scotland Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment performance amongst Scottish companies in 2020 and 2021:

Reports13 November 2022

Travel And Transportation Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The data reveals a small increase of 3.0 points in the average payment practices score between 2020 and 2021, suggesting a marginal improvement in how companies within the sector manage payments....

Reports11 November 2022

Train Travel Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a side-by-side comparison of payment practices in the train travel sector, looking at 2020 and 2021 data:

Reports9 November 2022

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK Waterways Travel sector exhibits a significantly better payment performance than the UK average, according to this data. However, the range of scores – a chasm of nearly 73 points between the...

Reports9 November 2022

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the sector reflected a positive shift in payment behaviour, the 4.5-point improvement between 2020 and 2021 is relatively small, indicating only incremental progress. This suggests that while...

Reports8 November 2022

Telecommunications Payment Practices Report 2021

Honestly, this dataset is incredibly underwhelming. We're looking at the payment practices of a single company, GIGACLEAR LIMITED, which scores remarkably high, but doesn't give us any wider...

Reports24 October 2022

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2021

While the train travel sector beats the UK average for payment practices, the sheer range is notable. A 55.54-point difference between the best and worst payers signals major inconsistencies. That...

Reports21 October 2022

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2021

While Scotland's average payment score of 64.9 far exceeds the UK average of 50, a significant gulf exists between the best and worst payers, indicating inconsistent payment cultures across the...

Reports20 October 2022

Software Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the increase in the average score suggests a positive shift in payment practices within the software industry, the 4.0 point improvement is relatively small. This indicates progress, but also...

Reports17 October 2022

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK Transportation Infrastructure sector, based on this limited data, paints a picture of significantly better payment practices than the national average. However, with only two companies...

Reports17 October 2022

Supply Chain Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of supply chain payment practices based on data from 2020 and 2021:

Reports17 October 2022

Sports Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the survey expanded to include more companies in 2021, the overall payment performance experienced a marginal decrease; sports organizations may need to evaluate the impact of these small...

Reports15 October 2022

North East Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The North East's payment performance demonstrated a small but positive shift between 2020 and 2021. While the increase of 1.3 points suggests progress, it's a relatively modest improvement in payment...

Reports10 October 2022

Safety And Security Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the industry saw a slight improvement in payment performance between 2020 and 2021, the 0.3-point increase suggests near-stagnant progress despite the larger sample size in 2021; this indicates...

Reports9 October 2022

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2021

While the UK's Travel & Transportation sector's average PaymentCheck score of 67.8/100 significantly exceeds the national average of 50.0, the considerable gap between the top and bottom payers...

Reports6 October 2022

North West Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the North West witnessed a positive shift in payment practices between 2020 and 2021, the overall improvement of 3.2 points suggests a modest, rather than radical, advancement. The survey's...

Reports24 September 2022

Property Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Property companies showed a marginal improvement in payment performance between 2020 and 2021, with average scores rising from 63.8 to 66.3 out of 100.

Reports23 September 2022

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot comparing payment practices in the raw materials and intermediate goods sector between 2020 and 2021:

Reports22 September 2022

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2021

The supply chain sector, with an average PaymentCheck score of 54.7/100, is marginally better than the overall UK average of 50/100, although it's hardly cause for celebration. The wide range between...

Reports17 September 2022

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2021

The Safety and Security sector demonstrates a considerably stronger commitment to timely payments compared to the UK average. The average score of 65.9/100 is a positive sign, indicating generally...

Reports17 September 2022

North East Payment Practices Report 2021

The North East is demonstrably ahead of the UK average in payment performance, which is promising. However, the considerable spread between the best and worst payers indicates significant...

Reports15 September 2022

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The overall improvement of 4.2 points suggests only a slight shift towards better payment behaviors within the property sector. This increase, while positive, is relatively small and indicates that...

Reports14 September 2022

Sports Payment Practices Report 2021

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Reports13 September 2022

Software Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK software sector is, on average, significantly better at paying suppliers than the rest of the UK economy according to this data, achieving an average PaymentCheck Score of 74.2, compared to...

Reports9 September 2022

Road Travel Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the sector's payment practices demonstrably improved, the 2.4-point increase suggests slow, incremental progress rather than a major shift. The larger sample size in 2021 indicates a...

Reports7 September 2022

North West Payment Practices Report 2021

The North West's average PaymentCheck score is significantly higher than the UK average, suggesting a generally healthier payment culture. However, the large gap between the top and bottom payers...

Reports24 August 2022

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2021

While the sector's average PaymentCheck score is above the UK average, the wide disparity between the best and worst payers paints a picture of inconsistency. Big names appear on both the best and...

Reports20 August 2022

Physical Health Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the number of companies assessed increased by 50%, the average payment score for the Physical Health sector experienced a noticeable decrease between 2020 and 2021. This suggests a potential...

Reports17 August 2022

Property Payment Practices Report 2021

While not uniformly stellar, payment practices in the UK property sector are, on average, significantly better than the national norm, although digging deeper reveals some worrying outliers.

Reports14 August 2022

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the sample size increased in 2021, the improvement in payment performance, reflected by a 1.6 point increase in the average score, is a relatively small change. This suggests that payment...

Reports14 August 2022

Primary Care Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a direct comparison of payment practices in primary care between 2020 and 2021:

Reports14 August 2022

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK road travel sector is outperforming the UK average for payment practices, with an average PaymentCheck score nearly 16 points higher. However, the wide range between the top and bottom payers...

Reports13 August 2022

Professional Services Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The data suggests a marginal, almost negligible, improvement in payment practices within the professional services sector. While any positive movement is welcome, a change of less than one point...

Reports12 August 2022

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a direct comparison of payment performance within the mental health and psychology sector:

Reports6 August 2022

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2021

While the raw materials and intermediate goods sector is marginally better than the UK average, the huge spread between the best and worst payers is a major red flag. London's significantly higher...

Reports5 August 2022

Manufacturing Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in the manufacturing sector, comparing 2020 and 2021:

Reports21 July 2022

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2021

Professional Services firms, on average, pay suppliers significantly faster than the UK average. However, the range of scores, from a perfect 100 to a dismal 20, demonstrates that not all firms are...

Reports18 July 2022

Marketing And Sales Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The increase of 0.8 points, although positive, suggests a level of consistency in payment behavior rather than a significant shift in financial practices within the marketing and sales industry...

Reports18 July 2022

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The marginal decline of 0.5 points suggests a stagnation in payment performance within the Lifestyle & Entertainment sector, rather than a significant deterioration, despite the number of companies...

Reports14 July 2022

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2021

While Yorkshire & The Humber's average payment performance beats the UK average by a significant margin, the difference between the best and worst payers highlights substantial inconsistency within...

Reports12 July 2022

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2021

While the physical health sector demonstrates stronger payment practices overall with an average score of 65.0/100, there's significant disparity within the sector. Some well-known brands, like...

Reports12 July 2022

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2021

While the UK primary care sector outperforms the national average on payment practices, a closer look reveals a significant gulf between the best and worst payers.

Reports11 July 2022

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2021

With only four companies in the sample, drawing definitive conclusions about payment practices in the entire UK Mental Health And Psychology sector is tricky. While the average PaymentCheck score of...

Reports7 July 2022

Media And Publishing Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot comparing payment performance in the media and publishing sector:

Reports7 July 2022

East Midlands Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The data indicates a marginal, but positive, shift in payment practices within the East Midlands between 2020 and 2021. The 1.8-point increase suggests a slightly improved ability or willingness of...

Reports5 July 2022

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2021

While the Lifestyle and Entertainment sector, at 60.3/100, beats the UK average payment score by a respectable 10.3 points, the enormous gulf between the best and worst payers is striking. Delice De...

Reports24 June 2022

Human Resources Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The increase from 77.9 to 82.8 suggests a slight improvement in how Human Resources departments managed their payment procedures year-on-year, with a larger sample size. However, the jump of just 4.9...

Reports17 June 2022

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The observed decline of 1.6 points suggests a marginal weakening in payment practices within the sector between 2020 and 2021, though not statistically significant given the small sample sizes and...

Reports15 June 2022

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2021

The Marketing & Sales sector significantly outperforms the national average for payment practices, sporting a PaymentCheck score almost 40% higher. However, the wide gap between the best and worst...

Reports14 June 2022

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2021

The East Midlands is clearly outperforming the rest of the UK when it comes to payment practices, however there's a chasm between the best and worst performers, indicating significant inconsistencies...

Reports12 June 2022

Information Technology Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The marginal improvement of 4.1 points indicates a slight, but not insignificant, progression in payment efficiency within the IT sector. While a positive trend, the comparatively small shift...

Reports10 June 2022

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2021

While the manufacturing sector edges out the UK average in payment performance, the incredibly wide range between the best and worst payers – a chasm of 97.5 points – indicates a real problem with...

Reports10 June 2022

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK Media and Publishing sector significantly outperformed the national average for payment practices in 2021, but a closer look reveals considerable inconsistencies.

Reports7 June 2022

West Midlands Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The increase of 1.7 points in the average payment score between 2020 and 2021 suggests a very small overall improvement in payment practices across the West Midlands, although the relatively minor...

Reports6 June 2022

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the Life Sciences and Medical Technology sectors:

Reports5 June 2022

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2021

While the Healthcare and Wellbeing sector's average PaymentCheck score of 63.7 is noticeably better than the UK average of 50, the large disparity between the best and worst payers – a gap of over 75...

Reports24 May 2022

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2021

While the HR sector's average PaymentCheck score of 82.8 is significantly higher than the UK average of 50, the huge variation between the top and bottom payers suggests inconsistencies in payment...

Reports21 May 2022

East of England Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The East of England saw a marginal uplift in payment performance between 2020 and 2021. An increase of only 1.3 points indicates a slow rate of progress. Businesses looking to understand the impact...

Reports20 May 2022

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2021

The IT sector’s average payment score of 68.6 significantly outpaces the UK average of 50, suggesting generally better payment practices than seen across all industries. However, the wide range...

Reports18 May 2022

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK's Life Sciences and Medical Technology sector demonstrated a healthier payment performance than the national average in 2021, but significant disparities between companies and regions reveal...

Reports17 May 2022

Financial Services Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment performance within the Financial Services sector across 2020 and 2021:

Reports17 May 2022

Food And Drink Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the average payment score for the food and drink sector improved in 2021, the increase of 1.7 points represents only a marginal shift in payment performance year-on-year. This small uptick...

Reports16 May 2022

Hardware Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The hardware sector demonstrated a negligible improvement in payment performance between 2020 and 2021, suggesting persistent challenges in streamlining financial processes and ensuring timely...

Reports8 May 2022

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2021

West Midlands firms, on average, exhibited notably better payment practices than the rest of the UK in 2021, according to our PaymentCheck scores. This suggests a potentially healthier economic...

Reports8 May 2022

Fashion Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The 3.6-point increase, although positive, is a relatively small shift, suggesting that the fashion industry continues to grapple with issues impacting payment timeliness. This could reflect...

Reports5 May 2022

East of England Payment Practices Report 2021

The data suggests that businesses in the East of England, on average, exhibit considerably better payment behaviour than the rest of the UK, according to this specific dataset, potentially giving...

Reports20 April 2022

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2021

While the fashion sector's average PaymentCheck score of 63.2 is significantly better than the UK average of 50, the wide range between the best and worst payers highlights stark discrepancies in...

Reports19 April 2022

Education Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The education sector demonstrated a slight positive shift in payment practices, yet the 2.3-point increase signals only a marginal improvement year-on-year. While more companies were included in the...

Reports18 April 2022

Energy Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a direct comparison of payment practices within the energy sector, based on data collected in 2020 and 2021:

Reports13 April 2022

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK hardware sector shows a substantially better payment performance than the national average, but this overall positive picture masks considerable variations between companies; the top payer's...

Reports12 April 2022

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK's Food and Drink sector's average payment performance in 2021, at 48.4/100, sits demonstrably below the national average of 50.0, signaling potential cash flow challenges for suppliers within...

Reports11 April 2022

Environment Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment performance in the Environment sector:

Reports9 April 2022

South West Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The South West saw a small but positive shift in payment performance between 2020 and 2021, although the 2.0-point increase indicates the underlying challenges of prompt payment persist. The increase...

Reports9 April 2022

Events And Venues Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While there was a positive shift in payment practices within the events and venues sector between 2020 and 2021, the 4.6 point increase is indicative of a small improvement. This suggests that...

Reports8 April 2022

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2021

The UK Financial Services sector significantly outperforms the national average in payment speed, but a wide disparity exists between the best and worst payers.

Reports7 April 2022

Digital Entertainment Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the sector experienced growth in the number of evaluated companies between 2020 and 2021, payment performance saw a negligible decline, suggesting stability rather than significant improvement...

Reports24 March 2022

Distribution And Delivery Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in the Distribution and Delivery sector across the two years:

Reports22 March 2022

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2021

The sector's average of 62.8 is a noticeable improvement over the UK average, suggesting a general commitment to timely payments, though clearly not universally. The sheer disparity between the best...

Reports21 March 2022

Education Payment Practices Report 2021

The education sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 79.5 significantly outpaces the UK average of 50, suggesting a generally healthy payment culture, but the range between the best and worst payers...

Reports14 March 2022

Energy Payment Practices Report 2021

While the energy sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 77.1/100 is significantly better than the UK average of 50.0/100, a wide performance gap exists. The difference of nearly 80 points between the...

Reports14 March 2022

Data Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The increase of 2.9 points indicates a slight, but not substantial, improvement in overall payment practices between 2020 and 2021. With 12 more companies evaluated in 2021, the data suggests that...

Reports11 March 2022

Environment Payment Practices Report 2021

While the environment sector's average PaymentCheck Score is a comfortable 13.2 points above the UK average, the gulf between the best and worst payers shows a significant disparity in how suppliers...

Reports9 March 2022

South East Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here’s a snapshot comparing payment performance in the South East across 2020 and 2021:

Reports8 March 2022

South West Payment Practices Report 2021

The South West is outperforming the UK average by a significant margin; that's the clear takeaway. However, the difference between the best and worst payers reveals a huge disparity within the region...

Reports5 March 2022

Creative Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While there was movement towards better payment practices in the creative sector, the shift, represented by a 1.3-point increase, is statistically quite small. The reduced sample size in 2021 (45...

Reports5 March 2022

Commerce Models Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a data-driven snapshot of payment practices across commerce models in 2020 and 2021:

Reports23 February 2022

Care Services Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a side-by-side look at payment practices in the Care Services sector for 2020 and 2021, based on our data:

Reports22 February 2022

London Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here's a snapshot of payment practices in London based on our analysis of 1,000 companies in both years:

Reports22 February 2022

Agriculture Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

Here’s a side-by-side view of payment performance in the agricultural sector:

Reports21 February 2022

Data Payment Practices Report 2021

The data sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, suggesting a greater focus on timely supplier payments. However, the wide range between the top and bottom payers – a...

Reports20 February 2022

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2021

The Distribution & Delivery sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average for payment practices; however, the wide spread between the best and worst payers indicates significant internal...

Reports17 February 2022

South East Payment Practices Report 2021

While the South East performs well overall, the large gap between the top and bottom payers suggests significant inconsistency in payment practices across the region. A single Waterways Travel...

Reports13 February 2022

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2021

Digital Entertainment's average PaymentCheck score of 68.5 is significantly better than the UK average of 50, suggesting relatively good payment practices overall. However, the disparity between the...

Reports7 February 2022

Air Travel Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

The near-static average payment score suggests that, despite increased scrutiny and focus on financial health following the pandemic-driven disruption, air travel companies demonstrated only a...

Reports6 February 2022

Creative Payment Practices Report 2021

While the creative sector's average PaymentCheck score of 65.0 significantly beats the overall UK average of 50.0, a sizable gulf exists between the best and worst payers, suggesting inconsistent...

Reports5 February 2022

Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2021

While the agricultural sector's average PaymentCheck score of 62.3 outpaces the UK average by a significant 12.3 points, the range of scores indicates substantial inconsistency. The gap between the...

Reports23 January 2022

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2021

While the UK Air Travel sector boasts an average payment score significantly higher than the national norm, the considerable gap between the best and worst payers is hard to ignore. The top scores...

Reports19 January 2022

Northern Ireland Payment Trends: 2020 vs 2021

While the number of companies analysed increased from 2020 to 2021, the average payment performance score only rose marginally. This small improvement suggests a gradual shift towards better payment...

Reports18 January 2022

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2021

While the Commerce Models sector fares better than the UK average in payment performance, the gulf between the best and worst payers is substantial, suggesting vastly different approaches to supplier...

Reports16 January 2022

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2021

Care Services are a whopping 23.1 points above the UK average, indicating a generally healthy approach to paying suppliers. However, the wide range between the best and worst payers – almost 70...

Reports13 January 2022

London Payment Practices Report 2021

London companies, on average, appear to prioritize timely payments, but some well-known businesses need to up their game.

Reports5 January 2022

Northern Ireland Payment Practices Report 2020

While Northern Ireland's average payment score is better than the UK's, the spread is incredibly wide, suggesting inconsistency. The Environment sector is the best-performing, but with just one...

Reports17 December 2021

Waterways Travel Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK Waterways Travel sector, based on this dataset, shows markedly better payment performance than the UK average, outstripping it by a substantial 18.2 points. However, a wide range of scores,...

Reports17 November 2021

Wales Payment Practices Report 2020

While Wales' overall average is impressive, the extreme disparity between the best and worst payers highlights a serious consistency problem. The top payer, Victim Support, boasts a near-perfect...

Reports14 November 2021

Travel And Transportation Payment Practices Report 2020

While the travel and transportation sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average in payment practices, the wide disparity between the best and worst payers is alarming. The fact that some companies...

Reports21 October 2021

Scotland Payment Practices Report 2020

The fact that Scottish firms significantly outperform the UK average suggests a potentially stronger payment culture north of the border. However, the vast spread between the best and worst payers...

Reports16 October 2021

Transportation Infrastructure Payment Practices Report 2020

While the average PaymentCheck score for the transportation infrastructure sector is substantially higher than the UK average, the analysis is based on a minuscule sample size of only two companies,...

Reports12 October 2021

Train Travel Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK train travel sector scores a slightly above-average 53.2 out of 100, the significant disparity between the top and bottom performers – a 60.3-point difference between MERSEYRAIL and...

Reports10 October 2021

Safety And Security Payment Practices Report 2020

The Safety and Security sector demonstrably outperforms the average UK business when it comes to paying suppliers on time, but the range of scores is significant. G4S appears both in the top and...

Reports24 September 2021

Supply Chain Payment Practices Report 2020

While the supply chain sector edges out the overall UK average in payment performance, the range of scores – from a high of 94.6 to a dismal 14.7 – reveals huge inconsistencies. The difference...

Reports24 September 2021

Software Payment Practices Report 2020

While the software sector's average PaymentCheck score sits comfortably above the national average, the wide gulf between top and bottom performers suggests significant inconsistency in payment...

Reports20 September 2021

Sports Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK sports sector shows significantly better payment practices compared to the national average, yet performance varies widely across different organizations and regions.

Reports16 September 2021

North East Payment Practices Report 2020

While the North East as a whole performed above the national average, the large spread between the top and bottom payers indicates significant inconsistencies in payment practices across the region....

Reports7 September 2021

North West Payment Practices Report 2020

The North West is clearly ahead of the curve, with an average PaymentCheck score significantly exceeding the UK average. However, there's a massive disparity in payment practices, evidenced by the...

Reports21 August 2021

Property-related Goods And Services Payment Practices Report 2020

While the property-related goods and services sector does outperform the UK average in payment practices, the 3.2-point lead isn't exactly cause for celebration. The wide range between the top and...

Reports13 August 2021

Property Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK property sector collectively outpaces the national average for payment practices by a decent 13.8 points, the wide gulf between the best and worst payers highlights significant...

Reports13 August 2021

Road Travel Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Road Travel sector's average payment performance is notably better than the UK average, the huge gulf between the best and worst payers is striking. McLaren Automotive's score of 8.9 is...

Reports11 August 2021

Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Raw Materials and Intermediate Goods sector performs slightly better than the UK average in payment practices, this small margin (1.1 points) masks significant internal disparities. The...

Reports6 August 2021

Yorkshire and The Humber Payment Practices Report 2020

Yorkshire and The Humber clearly outperforms the national average when it comes to payment practices, however a huge spread between the best and worst payers indicates significant inconsistency. The...

Reports22 July 2021

Primary Care Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Primary Care sector outperforms the UK average for payment practices by a decent 14.5 points, the spread of scores is vast, revealing a disparity in how suppliers are treated. A perfect...

Reports20 July 2021

Physical Health Payment Practices Report 2020

The Physical Health sector in the UK demonstrably outperforms the national average in payment practices. However, with only six companies analyzed, the sample size is small, meaning the average could...

Reports19 July 2021

Mental Health And Psychology Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Mental Health and Psychology sector as a whole shows a PaymentCheck score almost 10 points above the UK average, the extremely small sample size of three companies means these numbers...

Reports17 July 2021

Professional Services Payment Practices Report 2020

While the professional services sector, on average, demonstrates significantly better payment practices than the UK norm, the vast disparity between the top and bottom performers is stark. A company...

Reports8 July 2021

East Midlands Payment Practices Report 2020

East Midlands businesses, on average, demonstrate stronger payment practices compared to the UK as a whole, but the wide range of scores, from 12.8 to 100, indicates significant inconsistency in how...

Reports20 June 2021

Lifestyle And Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Lifestyle & Entertainment sector's average payment score is noticeably higher than the UK average, a nearly 95-point difference between the best and worst payers highlights significant...

Reports19 June 2021

Media And Publishing Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK Media and Publishing sector appears to be considerably better at paying suppliers on time compared to the average UK company, scoring almost 20 points higher. However, there's a significant...

Reports13 June 2021

Marketing And Sales Payment Practices Report 2020

The Marketing and Sales sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices. However, the vast range between the top and bottom performers (100/100 vs 10.1/100) highlights the...

Reports10 June 2021

Manufacturing Payment Practices Report 2020

The data shows that the UK manufacturing sector's payment performance in 2020 was, frankly, uninspired, falling slightly short of the national average by 0.8 points. The PaymentCheck scores reveal a...

Reports8 June 2021

West Midlands Payment Practices Report 2020

While the West Midlands outperforms the national average for payment practices, the considerable gap between the highest and lowest scoring companies suggests significant inconsistency. The Hardware...

Reports20 May 2021

Life Sciences And Medical Technology Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK's Life Sciences and Medical Technology sector exhibited generally healthy payment practices in 2020, but a stark divide between the best and worst payers suggests problems beneath the surface.

Reports17 May 2021

Human Resources Payment Practices Report 2020

The HR sector significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, but there's a wide gulf between the best and worst performers. While a handful of companies consistently pay on time, a...

Reports13 May 2021

Healthcare And Wellbeing Payment Practices Report 2020

The Healthcare & Wellbeing sector significantly outperforms the UK average when it comes to payment practices, suggesting a generally healthy financial flow within the industry. However, the wide...

Reports10 May 2021

Information Technology Payment Practices Report 2020

While the IT sector as a whole demonstrates a better payment record than the UK average, a sizable gap exists between the best and worst performers. The concentration of higher scores in specific...

Reports10 May 2021

Hardware Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK hardware sector significantly outperformed the national average for payment practices in 2020, but a closer look reveals a wide disparity between the best and worst payers. While the average...

Reports20 April 2021

Financial Services Payment Practices Report 2020

The financial services sector in the UK appears to prioritize timely payments, based on these scores. The average PaymentCheck score of 82.0 is substantially higher than the UK average, indicating a...

Reports19 April 2021

Fashion Payment Practices Report 2020

While the fashion sector appears to be doing better than the national average on prompt payments, the scores are spread widely. The difference of 75.75 points between the top payer and the bottom...

Reports14 April 2021

Food And Drink Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK Food & Drink sector's average payment performance in 2020 is slightly underwhelming, sitting 3.3 points below the national average, based on a PaymentCheck score analysis of 130 companies. The...

Reports14 April 2021

East of England Payment Practices Report 2020

The sheer scale of the East of England's outperformance compared to the UK average is noteworthy. The best companies in the region are achieving near-perfect scores, while the lowest-scoring firms...

Reports14 April 2021

Environment Payment Practices Report 2020

While the environment sector outperforms the UK average for payment practices, the difference between the best and worst payers is enormous. A PaymentCheck score difference of 82.2 (between Water...

Reports15 March 2021

South West Payment Practices Report 2020

The South West's average PaymentCheck Score is substantially higher than the UK average, suggesting a stronger payment culture, though there's still a considerable range between the best and worst...

Reports13 March 2021

Education Payment Practices Report 2020

The Education sector demonstrably outperforms the UK average in payment practices, a positive signal for suppliers. However, there's a massive disparity in performance, with some organizations...

Reports13 March 2021

Energy Payment Practices Report 2020

The energy sector's average PaymentCheck score of 76.2 absolutely trounces the UK average of 50, suggesting a far healthier payment culture than many other industries. However, the substantial...

Reports12 March 2021

Events And Venues Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK's Events and Venues sector demonstrates slightly better payment performance than the national average, with an 8.2 point advantage, however, there's a massive chasm between the best and worst...

Reports12 March 2021

Creative Payment Practices Report 2020

While the creative sector's average payment score is demonstrably better than the UK average, the large gap between the best and worst payers suggests wildly inconsistent payment experiences for...

Reports20 February 2021

Digital Entertainment Payment Practices Report 2020

While the average PaymentCheck score of 68.6 is respectable and substantially better than the national average, the spread is significant, indicating inconsistent payment cultures across the sector....

Reports17 February 2021

Data Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK data sector's average PaymentCheck Score of 68.4/100 is significantly better than the UK average of 50.0/100, the considerable range between the best and worst payers reveals a lack of...

Reports13 February 2021

Distribution And Delivery Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK's distribution and delivery sector outperforms the national average in payment practices, a stark contrast exists between the best and worst payers, with a yawning 88.52 point gap...

Reports10 February 2021

South East Payment Practices Report 2020

The South East significantly outperforms the UK average in payment performance, but the sheer range of scores – from a perfect 100 to a near-failing 1.7 – highlights significant inconsistencies. The...

Reports9 February 2021

Air Travel Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK Air Travel sector outperforms the national average in payment practices, there's a stark contrast between the best and worst payers, highlighting inconsistent financial responsibility...

Reports16 January 2021

Care Services Payment Practices Report 2020

While the Care Services sector collectively demonstrates stronger payment performance than the UK average, there's a vast gulf between the best and worst payers. That almost 70-point spread – from...

Reports14 January 2021

London Payment Practices Report 2020

While London firms are clearly ahead of the national average, the range between the best and worst payers in the city shows there's still room for improvement. The worst payers are still scoring...

Reports12 January 2021

Commerce Models Payment Practices Report 2020

The UK Commerce Models sector demonstrated a notably better payment performance than the national average in 2020, with an average PaymentCheck Score exceeding the UK norm by 10.1 points. While...

Reports10 January 2021

Agriculture Payment Practices Report 2020

While the UK agricultural sector's average PaymentCheck score of 63.6 is notably better than the UK average of 50, a wide disparity exists within the sector itself, with some firms exhibiting...